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18.02.2010 11:56

Chygrynskiy and Touré back in training

Vanessa Forns

Dmytro Chygrynskiy and Touré Yaya are both on the road to recovery. Both joined the rest of the squad for training on Thursday at the Ciutat Esportiva Joan Gamper.

On Wednesday, the duo had worked out in isolation, but that was not the case today. They joined in with the warm-up and drills, which is all good news for Josep Guardiola, whose defensive problems are now well over.

Work for Xavi

The people at the Ciutat Esportiva Joan Gamper were also delighted to see that Xavi Hernández was there too. The midfielder jogged in the company of a fitness coach, as he strives to recover from torn fibres in the semitendinosus muscle of his right thigh.

Alves the same as ever

Dani Alves is also working with injury concerns, and also jogged with and without the ball in the company of a fitness coach.

Sergio Busquets has specific tasks

Sergio Busquets did not take part in the first part of the session, and instead did specific exercises with another of the fitness specialists.

Reinforcements from Barça Atlètic

Including the four injured players, Alves, Touré, Chygrynskiy and Xavi, there were 22 players involved in the session on pitch number one of the Ciutat Esportiva Joan Gamper. These included the same three reserve players that were present on Wednesday, namely Marc Bartra, Jonathan dos Santos and Thiago Alcántara.