Further preparations for Betis

The FC Barcelona first team squad was back hard at it on Thursday morning in preparation for the Saturday 9.00pm CEST kick-off against Real Betis at the Benito Villamarín. The venue for today's workout was the Tito Vilanova field, where the regulars were joined by Barça B goalkeeper Lazar Carevic and U19A defender Álex Valle.

The team will be back on the training ground on Friday at the same time, 11.00am CEST, and the first 15 minutes of the session will be screened live on this website, as will Xavi Hernández's pre-game press conference, with an English translation, which should begin at around 1.00pm CEST.