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05.02.2010 12:48

Alves back to normal

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Dani Alves has trained normally with the squad after working in isolation all week, while Éric Abidal trained with the first team for half the session and spent the other half alone. Youth player Albert Dalmau trained with the first team once again.

On Friday, the FCB players continued getting ready for the visit of Getafe. At the Ciutat Esportiva Joan Gamper, the Barça squad trained on Friday morning behind closed doors, with the temperatures much warmer than they were on Thursday. There was good news in the return of Dani Alves, who warmed up with a fitness coach but then joined the rest of the squad. Due to a pulled leg muscle, the Brazilian has been working alone all week.

The other player with a minor injury, Éric Abidal, only joined his colleagues for about half of today’s session.

21 available

Including Alves and Abidal, Pep Guardiola had 21 footballers with him in Sant Joan Despí. These included youth right back Albert Dalmau, who has been with the first team all week as potential cover for the suspended Carles Puyol, who did not train today but worked out in the gym instead.