Today’s training session at the Ciutat Esportiva Joan Gamper was held under snowflakes while the Camp Nou was completely covered in snow. 17 first team players trained Monday morning under the watchful eyes of Pep Guardiola through this cold and unusual weather at this time of the year with Puyol training on his own away from the rest of the team.  Only four players did not attend this cold training session due to their recovery from their injuries. Keita and Abidal continued to rehab their injuries in the dressing room and were joined by Dani Alves and Messi who were receiving treatment for some slight knocks they suffered against Almeria.

The training session also displayed a team with a mixed taste of fashion regarding the cold and snowy. Most of the players opted to train with long sleeves and sweat pants and other means to stay warm from head to toe but some of the players opted to ignore the cold weather and train in shorts. Those players were Xavi, Touré, Milito and Ibrahimovic and Chygrynskiy.  Additionally, the training session also unveiled the new football that will debut this Saturday against Valencia and will be used for the remainder of the season.

The next training session will be held again at the Tuesday morning at 11 AM at the Ciutat Esportiva Joan Gamper. Meanwhile, while as the team was training, the Camp Nou was being completely covered in snow. This unusual weather was not the first time this Mediterranean city had encountered.  According to the official team site, the city had encountered similar heavy snow back in 1962 and 1983. This surprising snowy weather has impacted the city with streets having to be closed and other means of transportation such as trains and planes schedules having to be canceled.  For the city’s children, this also meant the schools treating this as a snow day and thus had to close for the day.