After three days off, Barça returned to training on Tuesday, but were still missing several players away on international duty. The latest man to return was Lionel Messi.
The session started at 1.00 at the Ciutat Esportiva Joan Gamper, as the
squad starts putting their minds to the task of travelling to Athletic Club in Bilbao this coming
weekend.
Lionel Messi was back with his colleagues after playing for Argentina against Spain last
Saturday at the Vicente Calderón. Not until the session on Thursday at 18.00 will the complete
squad be back.
Ibra and Keita recovering
So there were fifteen first players present today. Ibrahimovic and Keita
are still struggling with fitness and trained separately with a physio, mainly tackling an obstacle
course that included some aspects with the ball. The rest of the session was made up of Valdés,
Pinto, Bojan, Jeffren, Milito, Pedro, Maxwell, Márquez and Messi.
Four from Barça Atlètic
Josep Guardiola also involved four players from the B team in today’s session, namely
Marc Bartra, Oriol Romeu, Nolito and Jonathan dos Santos.
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Friendly on Wednesday against Bolívar FC
Bolivian outfit Bolívar FC are in Barcelona at the moment on a training camp, and Josep Guardiola
is going to use that as an excuse to hold a training match on Wednesday at 11.00 in the Ciutat
Esportiva Joan Gamper.