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13.03.2010 12:16

Plenty of smiles in training ahead of Valencia game

Vanessa Forns

The squad put the finishing touches to the preparations for tomorrow night’s game against Valencia when they trained at Ciutat Esportiva this morning. There was a positive atmosphere amongst the players and plenty of smiles on show.

With the big game against Valencia se for a 19.00 kick off tomorrow, the squad came in for training at 11.00 this morning and were put through their paces by Pep Guardiola.

Great atmosphere

It was a nice sunny morning in Barcelona today – a contrast to the chilly weather we’ve suffered all week, and the players were in a good mood as they went through a variety of exercises, including a game where they had to keep the ball up with their head and feet that produced plenty of laughter and good humour amongst the squad.

21 players

As with the session on Friday, Guardiola called up 21 players for the session, with Seydou Keita taking a full part and reserve defender Marc Muniesa again joining the first team players, as he has done all week. Abidal continued with his recovery programme in the gym.