BARÇA PLAYERS 'OVERCOME' THE VIRUS
Barça prepares the friendly against Arsenal with its entire squad
After a weekend in which concern reigned over the stomach virus suffered by most of the FC Barcelona squad, calm and 'normality' returns for the Catalans. Xavi Hernández has once again had his entire squad to train in Los Angeles
The FC Barcelona lived a complicated weekend after confirming that an important part of the Barcelona staff was affected by a gastroenteritis vírica. At least 15 players were isolated to avoid that it followed propagating the virus, but the consequences were very important, place saw forced to suspend the friendly against the Juventus with which inaguraban turns it of pre-season by United States.
The suspension of the party confirmed during the afternoon of the Saturday and, since, the club has been offering advances on the state of the players affected. During the Sunday, ensured that they had braked the contagions and that, fortunately, the staff was evolving of favourable way. Now, everything seems to indicate to that they already are entirely recovered, because for the first time from the Friday Xavi Hernández has been able to have the whole of his effective.
The Barça goes back to the normality
Like this then , the Barcelona group has been able to complete with total normality the first session of training of this Monday. The forecast was that the footballers were entirely recovered and has fulfilled . Now, it corresponds to increase the rhythm to be able to be prepared for the importantísimo challenge of this Thursday against the Arsenal of Mikel Arteta, in which they will debut officially in the Soccer Champions Tour of United States.
The ones of Xavi will confront to the 'gunners' during the morning of 27 July (4:30 hours, in Spain) to start with to test to the team and his feelings. They will face up to it a group that has much more shooting and that already has contested three parties in the middle of the pre-season. The londinenses, besides, are to the doors to contest the Community Shield against the Manchester City and will want to be totally prepared for 'plant' expensive to the ones of Pep Guardiola.
The Barça promises to be 'smart' to confront to the Arsenal
In addition to confirming the good state of the players, from the club have commissioned to insist in that everything will be prepared to confront to the Arsenal. In reality, the club can not allow suspend a second party of pre-season because the losses are very big. With the one of the Juventus, the blaugrana will leave of ingresar between two and three million euros, by what the effects of turns it will not be so 'positive' for the arks of the club. Fortunately, they did not see forced to pay a compensation to the organisers.
