Xavi Hernández, technician of the FC Barcelona, has directed this Monday the last session in the field 2 of the Ciutat Esportiva Joan Gamper previous to the game of the expedition of the first Barcelona team that will go course to Saudi Arabia, where will contest the semifinals of the Supercopa of Spain in front of the Real Madrid of Carlo Ancelotti.
All the available players did act of presence in the session, included Ansu Fati, that will return to the announcement after surpassing his muscular injury. They have not exercised the lesionados Eric Garcia and Yusuf Demir neither neither the still positive in COVID-19 Ferran Torres and Pedri, that will not travel to Saudi Arabia.
Other players that also participated in the training were Ronald Araujo, Martin Braithwaite and Frenkie Of Jong, that have done part of the work with the group, although in the case of the Danish forward will have to obligatoriamente see the big Classical from house, as it will not have the high doctor by the moment.
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Xavi Hernández already thinks in the transcendental duel in front of the Real Madrid, an only opportunity to confirm the turning point of the group and give back the morals to a staff that has not signed a big start of season 2021/22. The staff completed in the day of the Sunday a session of recovery after the tie (1-1) in front of the Granada in LaLiga with all the available players, and the group will travel to Saudi Arabia during the afternoon of the Monday.
With some important absences like the ones of Pedri, Ferran Torres, Araujo, Frenkie Of Jong or Eric Garcia, the Catalan picture wishes to leave backwards the bad results that has obtained in front of the Real Madrid recently and attain like this a victory that resists from 2019 (four defeats and a tie).