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20.03.2010 12:42

19 players for Zaragoza game

Anna Segura

Guardiola will take nineteen players to Zaragoza on Sunday, including Leo Messi, who missed training on Saturday morning with an abscess on a tooth.

Xavi and Abidal are the only first team squad players to miss the trip for Sunday’s game in Zaragoza, with Guardiola taking all his available players for the match.

Final training session

Barca had their final training session this morning before the Zaragoza clash and Guardiola put the finishing touches to his preparations for the game in La Romareda.

As well as Xavi and Abidal, who continued to work apart from the rest of the squad on their recovery from injury, Leo Messi was also absent as he was suffering from a tooth abscess.

The train to the game

The team will meet up at the Nou Camp at 10.45 on Sunday morning and then catch the specially laid on high speed train to Zaragoza at 11.10 from Sants station, which will get them into Zaragoza at 12.40. The squad will stay in their hotel until leaving for the ground an hour before kick-off. The return journey will also be made by train.