Josep Guardiola had already stated in the press conference on Tuesday that Puyol was going "like a bullet" after his left knee injury. FC Barcelona’s captain trained alone, on Wednesday morning, where he began to do some running on pitch 2 of the training ground, accompanied by a recovery coach.

Operated on seven weeks ago

It’s worth remembering that on June 1, just seven weeks ago, Carles Puyol was operated on to sort out the problems with his left knee. These problems meant that Puyol hardly played at all from February. After the operation, the diagnostic was that he would be out for 2 or 3 months.

In total, last season, Puyol played 27 games (17 in the League, 8 in the Champions League, and 2 in the Cup), his last three in the Champions League against Real Madrid and the last few minutes of the final at Wembley, games in which he sacrificed himself for the benefit of the team.