Fourteen first team players reported for duty on the first day of preseason training at the Joan Gamper Sports City and were made to undergo medical reviews in three sessions.
Tito Vilanova’s first day as coach of Barcelona with the players saw fourteen players reporting for duty, with http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Carles-Puyol-c8331 continuing his training regimen separately.
With the majority of first team players yet to return after their participation in http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ukraine-c3032 hosted Euro 2012, a quiet day at Joan Gamper Sports City was witnessed.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Santos-c32532 and Marc Muniesa were the players who underwent
the tests at http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604’s medical centre.
After blood and urine tests, the first team members had breakfast together before the continuation of medical tests.
The tests were divided into three time slots of 9:30, 10:00 and 10:30 hours, as the players passed tests on echocardiogram, densitometry, stress testing, musculoskeletal ultrasound control and biomechanical study of gait.
The first group saw Lionel Messi, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Adriano-c3773, Alexis Sanchez and Andreu Fontas.
The last batch saw Ibrahim Afellay with La Masia academy players, namely http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Jonathan-c18993 Dos Santos, Marc Muniesa, Marc Bartra, Thiago Alcantara and Isaac Cuenca.
After the completion of the medical reviews, the players were allowed to leave and asked to return to on Tuesday, from 9.00, when Barcelona players will have their first training session. It will be a double training session, the second one being scheduled
to start at 19.00.
It has been revealed that before the return of all first team players, youngsters from the quarry will be called up to make up the numbers. Players who participated in Euro 2012 will return on July 30, Carles Puyol is expected to be back by 23rd
of the month, while http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Cristian-c9491 Tello will link up with the first team after the London Games.
In addition, five mentioned players (Villa, Fontas, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Thiago-c34888, Alves and Cuenca) have yet to overcome their respective injuries, and cannot fully participate in pre-season training completely.
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