06.01.2011 12:55

First team recovery

Edgar Fornós / Vanessa Forns

After an intense, tiring cup tie with Bilabo, the eleven players that started the game in San Mamés strained in the gym today rather than on the pitch.

With the side into the last eight of the cup, Josep Guardiola insisted that there was no King’s Day holiday for his men. They need to recover from the exhilarations of San Mamés and turn their minds to Deportivo.

Gym session

The session began in the Ciutat Esportiva Joan Gamper at 12.00 behind closed doors, and the eleven players that started at San Mamés didn’t get involved, but instead worked out in the gym.

12 men on the pitch

So there were only 12 players on the Ciutat Esportiva pitch, then ten reserves last night and two from the B team, Thiago Alcántara and Jordi Masip.

Maxwell back

Maxwell, who missed the Bilbao game with a groin strain, was one of the group that trained normally today.