Barça returned to training on Monday with a morning session in a Palau in which two days before they suffered an unexpected 0-3 defeat against Futbol Emotion Zaragoza in what was the penultimate work session before the trip to Latvia on Tuesday to play an exciting Final Four of the Champions League.
The squad is scheduled for this Tuesday at 11 am also at the Palau to hold a new preparatory session and at 3:15 pm the expedition will leave by bus for El Prat airport. From there, the team will travel to Riga on a long direct flight of about three and a half hours with the expected arrival at ten o’clock at night (one hour less in mainland Spain).
One of the details that characterizes the highest European competition is the special characteristics of the track and, above all, of the ball. For this and also for the need to couple especially Ferrao and Pito without forgetting a Matheus With whom he will hurry to the maximum, Jesús Velasco has arranged a double preparatory session for Wednesday in Riga, the first at 11:30 am and the second at half past six (local time).
The one who will not be in the most important appointment of the season is Leandro Esquerdina, which is expected for the playoffs for the league title. The Russian-Brazilian continues to work hard on his recovery and doesn’t want to miss a single physiotherapy session, so he plans to travel to Riga on Friday just in time to continue the semifinal against Benfica.
Good atmosphere with the mind set on the Champions
| VALENTÍ ENRICH
On Thursday it will be time to polish this adaptation process and therefore Training will take place at the same time as semifinal the next day against Benfica, at 9:00 p.m. (Riga time). And on Friday the moment of truth will come with the final on Sunday as the great goal.
In the first season on the bench of the recently renewed Jesús Velasco (until 2024), Barça has already won the Spanish Cup and the Super Cup. In addition, he occupies first place in the League five days before the conclusion of the regular phase and is now two steps away from lifting the fourth Champions League in the club’s history after those achieved with Marc Carmona in 2012 and 2014, and two years under the command of Andreu Plaza.