Balde and Lamine Yamal join part of Wednesday training

This Wednesday, FC Barcelona were joined again by members of Barça Atlètic for a morning workout on the Tito Vilanova field at the Ciutat Esportiva. Both Alejandro Balde and Lamine Yamal were present, and joined in with some of the group exercises, while Fermín López did recovery work after a long trip to Central Asia with the Spain U21 squad.

Balde, who turns 20 today, has been having adductor issues that meant he could only play part of the first of the senior Spain team's games this week. Lamine Yamal, in turn, missed the call-up entirely due to a muscle problem.

Sergi Roberto injured

As those players battle to regain full fitness, there was bad news for captain Sergi Roberto, who has a soleus muscle injury in his right leg and will be unable to play until the problem goes away. He had played six games this season, and scored against Granada in the last game before the international break.