Barcelona loved the candy aftermath of their victory over Borussia Dortmund within the German metropolis, the place they spent the night time earlier than flying again to Catalonia at 1 pm right this moment.
Earlier than the flight, the Barça supervisor Hansi Flick performed the standard restoration and compensation coaching session at Borussia Dortmund’s coaching facility.
Whereas the beginning gamers had been restricted to a fitness center session with out stepping onto the pitch, the substitutes took half in a full exercise on the coaching fields.
Raphinha trains usually
As per SPORT, the session went easily, and the large optimistic is that Barcelona captain Raphinha participated within the restoration coaching with none points.
The Brazilian winger, who was as soon as once more decisive with a objective in opposition to the Black and Yellows final night time, felt some minor muscle discomfort attributable to fatigue and had been noticed limping earlier than being subbed off because the membership didn’t wish to take any dangers.
Luckily, there is no such thing as a damage, and Raphinha labored usually in right this moment’s coaching session in Dortmund earlier than the squad left for Barcelona.
The 27-year-old will practice usually on Friday to start getting ready for the La Liga match in opposition to Leganes on Sunday, 15 December, at Estadi Olimpic Lluis Companys.
Each the teaching employees and the medical staff have confirmed that he will probably be match to play within the weekend conflict to defend their league lead.
As for the remainder of the squad members who didn’t begin, they’d a extra intense coaching session at Borussia Dortmund’s coaching floor to keep up their health earlier than returning to Barcelona.