19.07.2008 10:40
No rest on Saturday at La Masía
Berta Brau
The first team has had a very tough training session this Saturday morning at La Masía, the last before they head off to Scotland.
The session began at 9.30 with a warm-up and circuit training followed by ball work in pairs. Next
the players divided up into two groups and played keep-ball on a reduced pitch in order to practice
putting opponents under pressure and getting the ball back.
Messi and Hleb come through tests
The session was not attended by Leo Messi and Alexander Hleb
as they were doing medical checks and field tests at the Miniestadi alongside Samuel Eto'o, Dani
Alves and Seydou Keita.
Henry, Touré and Márquez also missed out on the group session as they were doing an
isokinetic test which measures leg strength; this monitoring is to be continued throughout the
preseason and all first team players will have to do it.