After a day off following Saturday’s win over Racing, the players were at work this morning at the Ciutat Esportiva Joan Gamper, as they began preparations for Wednesday’s game against Viktoria Pilsen.

The 18 man squad, the 17 available players plus Fabregas, worked with the Champions League ball on pitch number 2 at the Ciutat Esportiva Joan Gamper. Fabregas made his reappearance in a training session for the first time since his injury in training on October 1st.

Alexis Sánchez is also recovering from injury and worked out apart from the rest of the squad.

Eight Barça B players

Eight players from the B team also joined in the session - Javier Espinosa, Oriol Rosell, Gustavo Ledes, Marc Bartra, Sergi Gómez, Carlos Carmona, Martí Riverola and Carles Planas.