The new club, Pep Guardiola is already beginning to raise passions. The preseason has already lifted the curtain and the first training set to open club has been very successful in public.

The squad was trained for two hours at the Mini Estadi, from 18.30 to 20.30 this afternoon. The main novelty of the meeting was Messi. The Argentine made his first training after having returned this afternoon from Argentina, although only half an hour in Suva the field.

Guardiola had at its disposal to the 17 available first team, in addition to the seven youth squad players that will be incorporated into the stage of Scotland.

The meeting was followed by over 5,000 supporters, mostly youths, who did not stop encouraging their idols. Messi and Bojan were the most acclaimed.

Guardiola directs his first training at the club with the novelty of Messi and brings together about 3,000 fans

Josep Guardiola went this afternoon their first training at the helm of the first team of FC Barcelona, a meeting open to the public that brought together some 3,000 fans at the Miniestadi and that was the main novelty presence of Argentine striker Messi, newcomer today his country and he retired rather than the other players.

Messi advanced his return a few days, as originally cited for Saturday, along with other players (Samuel Eto'o, Dani Alves and Seydou Keita), which also disputed parties with their selections at the end of the last campaign, and participated normally in Barca the first training under the direction of Guardiola.

The Argentine landed in Barcelona in the morning, went through the Camp Nou and evening dress was already short train Champions League with Barca, who expects the FIF would allow it to retain the player.

The emergence of Messi, who was among the players ovation by the fans next to the couple canterano Bojan Krkic was the great novelty of the first training of 'Guardiola was', involving a total of 21 players, of whom 15 are part of the first team and six other youths are the subsidiary.

He also stressed the with the rest of the staff club. On Saturday, is subject to the medical evidence that most of his companions carried out on Monday on the day prior to the first sessions of fieldwork.

In the coming days, moreover, Barcelona and Messi should resolve the conflict emerged following the player's willingness to go to the Olympic Games in Beijing, which has been convened by the selection argentina and to prevent the play previous round of the presence of two of Barca reinforcements for the new campaign, Martin Caceres defenses and Gerard Pique. In training, after a first part focuses on physical preparation, Guardiola ordered after the first exercises with the ball club 2008/09 and ended the session with the dispute of a game.

The presence of Leo Messi, Gonzalo Higuaín and Fernando Gago in the ranks of Argentina, and the absence of Bojan Krkic in the selection of Catalonia, are the main novelties of the call for official party that will be played next May 24 in Camp Nou

The Catalan selector, Pere Gratacós, has justified the decision not to convene Bojan Krkic on a desire to "not create a problem that might harm the player," after "reached agreement" with Linyola with Luis Aragones for not go to the Euro.

"We do not want to open a debate," he insisted technician selection Catalan, who was unable to convene six players Catalans concentrates by Luis Aragones to play Euro: Puyol, Xavi, Cesc, Capdevila, Fernando Navarro and Sergio.

Espanyol, with five players (David Garcia, Girl, Angel, Corominas and Jonathan), is the team with more representatives in the selecció. For Barca, Victor Valdes Lavezzi (Naples), Sergio Romero (AZ Alkmaar), Biglia (Anderlecht), Zarate (Birmingham) and Insúa (Liverpool).

The selection of Catalonia, in addition to players from FC Barcelona and Espanyol, contained Gonzáez and Sergio Verdú (Deportivo), Bruno Saltor and Carlos Garcia (Almeria), Morales (Terrassa), Belenguer (Getafe), Santi Triguero (Vilanova), Gerard Pique (Manchester United), Oscar Serrano (Racing Santander), Luis Garcia (Madrid athletics) and Gerard Lopez (Recreativo).

The back to the goal after not playing for the last friendly before injury Euskadi.

The list provided by the selector Argentine Sergio Batista, contained Gonzalo Higuaín and Fernando Gago (Real Madrid), Fabricio Coloccini (Deportivo La Coruña), Lionel Messi (Barcelona), Ustari (Getafe), Marco Ruben (Recreativo), Pablo Zabaleta (Espanyol), Sergio Agüero (athletics Madrid), Fazio (Seville), Ever Banegas (Valencia), Maria Di (Benfica), Cristian Ansaldi (Rubin KAS) Selection argentina arrive tomorrow, Wednesday, Barcelona and the selector has scheduled two meetings preparatory (Thursday and Friday, 17:00)

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Valdes, Xavi, Iniesta and Bojan will, along with Leo, the key pieces of the new project, which will also be Milito.

The Barcelona in the 2008-09 season will be built under a backbone fully consolidated. Of course the cornerstone of the new project will be Leo Messi, the player most destabilising the template Blaugrana. But it will not be alone. The Argentinian will be travelling companions to a suite of youth squad players-players who will guarantee quality, experience and commitment-as Valdes under the sticks, and Iniesta and Xavi in midfield. Bojan also be within the package of key players in the new project. And another name itself, Gaby Milito, exercise leadership in the defense.

This backbone will also feature the strengthening of three complementary players that certainly will have a very important role in the new project. We are talking about the Ivorian Yaya Toure, a player who has shown Marquez possible to leave a vacancy in that position. Finally, Abidal would also have a place in the banda left.

Thus, the priorities of the technical secretariat focus on a right side, a central, a left side, a defensive pivot, a midfielder, a striker and a left end. There is no doubt that all this will mean a significant investment, but at least we have already large crack. in a single year have more commitment than others who have five years or more in the entity Blaugrana. That it will take to recover from the operation herniated disk that will be submitted at the end of this season to solve their problems on the back that you have left renqueante.

Another man who will take his role will be the captain Carles Puyol, although it will seek a man of weight as an alternative in the central axis, since the low of Thuram and very