Recovery session after the win against Mallorca

After the unusual occurrence of playing on Friday and the win over Mallorca in the Estadi Olímpic thanks to Lamine Yamal's excellent strike, the FC Barcelona first team squad returned to work on Saturday at the Ciutat Esportiva. 

Xavi Hernández's team now find themselves in second place in the table, five points behind Real Madrid with the rest of the week 28 fixtures in La Liga to be played over the weekend. The available first team players took part in a recovery session at the Barça training ground on Saturday, along with Kochen, Cubarsí, Marc Guiu and H. Fort from Barça Atlètic and U19 squad member Brian Fariñas, with thoughts now turning to Europe and the Champions League. 

The next challenge for the blaugranes is the visit of Napoli on Tuesday to the Estadi Olímpic, kick off 9pm CET. The tie is finely poised after a 1-1 draw in the first leg of the last 16 in the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona in Naples.