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27.09.2009 11:52

Six miss training

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FC Barcelona returned to training on Sunday morning at the Ciutat Esportiva Joan Gamper but were without six first-team players for the warm-down session.

After arriving back from Málaga at 1am the players were up early to be put through their paces at 11am, but not everyone was present as Thierry Henry and Dmytro Chygrynskiy underwent test son injuries suffered in La Rosaleda while Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Xavi, Lionel Messi and Daniel Alves all worked in the gym.

Recuperation work

As is the norm, the players that start the game the previous evening worked on a recuperation programme while those that did not play had a normal training session.

Youth prospect

Rafa Alcántara, the brother of Thiago, was promoted from Sergi Barjuan’s Juvenil B squad to train with the first team and to see how things are done at the highest level.