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02.09.2009 12:25

Maxwell returns to training

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Maxwell returned to full training on Wednesday morning having been given the green light by doctors after they examined the injury that he sustained against Sporting de Gijón in the first game of the league season.

In a week when their has been an exodus of players due to the international call-ups, the Brazilian full-back was able to train again after suffering a thigh strain in the match on Monday. He was joined by only four other first-team regulars with José Manuel Pinto, Rafael Márquez, Pedro and Andrés Iniesta. Before the session began Maxwell underwent a thorough examination by the club's medics.

Víctor Valdés stayed inside the complex to do some specific training and Bojan Krkic continued with his recuperation programme after he tore a muscle in his left thigh.

Albert Dalmau, Sergi Robert and Sergi Espinosa were called up from the B side, Barça Atlètic, to make up the numbers for training.

Practice game

Jonathan and Marc Muniesa, who have begun the season with the firs team, return to the B side on Wednesday for training, but returned towards the end of the session to join Thiago, Luque, Marc Bartra and Oriol Romeu on one side of a practice match.

Before that game started, Iniesta pulled out and continued to work on his own.