Final training session before return leg against Juventus
The first team work out at the Ciutat Esportiva on Tuesday morning with only one thing on their minds - mounting another famous comeback, this time against the Old Lady of Turin
The Barça squad were at the Ciutat Esportiva on Tuesday morning for what they will all be hoping is not the last time ahead of a Champions League match this season. That all hangs on turning around a 3-0 deficit against Serie A leaders Juventus on Wednesday at 8.45pm CET.
It’s not impossible. Barça already showed just what miracles they are capable of working in the previous round against PSG, and four years ago they came back from 2-0 down against another Italian side coached by Massimiliano Allegri, AC Milan, winning the return leg 4-0 at the Camp Nou.
In warm sunshine, the first team squad was joined on the Tito Vilanova field by Carles Aleñá of Barça B as they finalised plans for what they are hoping will be another night to remember in the Camp Nou.
Javier Mascherano, Arda Turan and Jeremy Mathieu, all of whom have been having fitness problems of varying degrees over the last few days, were all able to train normally with the squad. Once the session concluded, coach Luis Enrique and midfielder Andrés Iniesta were set to give official media conferences.
In the meantime, Juventus were also working out at their Vinovo training ground, having passed up on the opportunity to train at the Camp Nou this evening. The Italians will be taking a 3.00pm CET flight westwards and have scheduled a ‘walkaround’ in the Barça stadium for around 7.00pm CET, before which manager Allegri and former FCB and now bianconeri defender Dani Alves will be speaking to the press.
We use our own and third party cookies and other similar technologies to offer you our services, personalize and analyze your browsing, which allows us to understand how our website is being used and which contents are more relevant. Likewise, it also enables us the use of additional functionalities such as showing third party contents or sharing contents with social networks, as well as managing the advertising we show you both on our website and on other third party websites, which could be personalized depending on your browsing and interests in our contents. You can accept all cookies clicking the button “CONTINUE” or refuse them by clicking the button “REFUSE COOKIES”. For more information access our Cookies Policy available through the “MORE INFORMATION” button.