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Before the weekend match with "Mallorca" team in the "Barcos" camp - good news.
On Friday, forward Pedro Rodriguez and defender Adriano Correia participated in training together with the team.
However, it is unclear at the moment whether both footballers will receive medical clearance to play at full strength and be included in the application for the match against the Balearic Islands team.
P. Rodriguez suffered a leg injury during the World Cup qualifying match, in which the Spanish national team defeated France 1-0 as guests. The Barcelona player scored the only goal of the match, but did not finish the game. After a medical examination in Barcelona, it was revealed that the striker injured his leg - doctors found a small crack in the muscle of his right thigh.
Adriano suffered a similar leg injury in the Spanish championship match against "Rayo Vallecano" on March 17. At that time, it was predicted that the player would not be able to play for 4 to 6 weeks, but now it seems that his initial estimates have not been confirmed. The defender should finish his rehabilitation much earlier and, if he gets permission from the team doctors, he will soon be able to play at full strength.
In Friday's training session, only team captain Carles Puyol and the two Argentinians of "Barcelona" did not participate. Lionel Messi and Javier Mascherano were injured in the Champions League quarter-final match against "Paris Saint-Germain".
By the way, during today's training session, the Catalan club received some unexpected visitors. UEFA doping control inspectors arrived at the team's sports complex without prior warning and selected ten footballers for the doping test. The samples were given by J. Mascherano, Marc Bartra, Jonathan Dos Santos, Jose Manuel Pinto, Alexis Sanchez, Adriano, Sergio Busquets, C. Puyol, Pedro, and Dani Alves. The surprising visit of UEFA inspectors is not surprising, as all Champions League teams are checked in this way.
