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23.12.2009 13:06

Holidays at last!

Jordi Clos

The first team of FC Barcelona are now officially on holiday. The last players to sign off for Christmas were the Catalan internationals who faced Argentina in the Camp Nou.

After an historic year of unparalleled excitement and success, the FC Barcelona senior football squad are now enjoying their Christmas break. Most of the players started their holidays directly on returning from Kuwait while the Catalan internationals took part in the friendly against Argentina on Tuesday.

The last match

Valdés, Puyol, Piqué, Busquets, Xavi and Bojan barely had time to draw breath before pulling on the shirt of Catalonia to play Argentina in the Camp Nou. All of them played an active role (at least in the first half) in Catalonia’s 4-2 defeat of Argentina, in what was Johan Cruyff’s first game in charge of the national squad. Busquets played the full 90 minutes while Bojan scored his second goal in two days.

Back to work on Tuesday 29th

The players have a week’s holiday and report back for duty on Tuesday 29th. The first training session is at 6 pm at the Club’s Sports Centre, where they will begin their preparations for a hectic month of January. The first two matches will be in the Camp Nou against Villarreal in the league and Sevilla in the Cup.