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13.08.2009 19:47

Henry is back training

Sandra Sarmiento / Anna Segura

The Frenchman, who has had Achilles heel problems in both legs in recent days, has trained with his teammates today. Barça are gearing up for the first leg of the Spanish Super Cup though the team’s international players have yet to return.

High temperatures meant that today’s training session was held in the evening rather than in the morning as initially planned. At 7 pm the players came out onto the pitch at the Joan Gamper sports facility with Thierry Henry putting in an appearance for the first time in some days.

Henry with the squad

Barça’s French striker didn’t travel with his national side to the Faroe Islands as he has been carrying Achilles heel problems in both legs for some days now. He’s been doing recovery work all week and this Thursday was back training with his teammates.

Getting ready for the Super Cup

All the players are focused on the first leg of the Spanish Super Cup to be played against Bilbao this coming Sunday at San Mamés with kick-off set for 10 pm. The only drawback is that the players away on international duty this week have yet to return to training.

Three under-18s

On Wednesday the under-18s player Sergi Ricardo trained with the first team, while today Thursday it has been the turn of his teammates Martí Riverola and Albert Dalmau. The former played in Wednesday’s game between Barça Atlètic and Reus, while the latter was called up for the first team’s London training camp last month.

Iniesta has double session

Andrés Iniesta is continuing to work towards full fitness, and this Thursday morning and evening the midfielder has been doing recovery work.