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14.05.2008 15:06

Wednesday training

Sandra Sarmiento / Vanessa Forns

The first team squad was back in training on Wednesday evening to prepare for the last match of the season away to Murcia.

The players worked out at the Masía training grounds on Wednesday evening ahead of next Saturday’s final game – kick-off 10 pm in Murcia’s Nueva Condomina stadium. The following players were present: Valdés, Puyol, Xavi, Gudjohnsen, Iniesta, Eto'o, Pinto, Henry, Giovani, Ezquerro, Messi, Thuram, Abidal, Oleguer and Bojan, plus Barça B youngsters Fali and Rueda.

Guddy returns to full training

Gudjohnsen, who picked up a bruised right foot in last Wednesday’s game in the Bernabéu, was able to resume normal training on Wednesday.

Missing

Apart from the players already on the injury list, Edmílson, Deco, Márquez and Zambrotta were also absent from the session and exercised in the gym. Edmílson has tendonitis in both knees while Deco, has a thigh strain. Meanwhile, Márquez is still suffering from an Achilles tendon problem, which also sidelined him from training on Monday, and Zambrotta has a slight right thigh strain.

Circuits and shooting practice

The rest of the squad did the usual warm up exercises before dividing into three, and then two groups to do circuit training, finishing up with some shooting practice.

Training match

The session finished with a training match between Valdés, Giovani, Fali, Xavi, Puyol, Gudjohnsen, Abidal, Henry, Eto'o and Valdés (orange bibs) and Pinto, Albert Roca, Messi, Oleguer, Thuram, Bojan, Iniesta, Rueda and Ezquerro (without bibs).