Barcelona: Lionel Messi and his Barcelona teammates returned training on Saturday, only their second training session back following the coronavirus lockdown.
Interestingly, Messi also showed his ball controlling skills during the training while doing keep-ups.
Meanwhile, Barcelona defender Samuel Umtiti picked up a calf injury, but the rest of his teammates will continue their preparation ahead of a possible La Liga resumption on June.
Spanish football competition La Liga has been suspended since March due to the coronavirus pandemic.
As of now, no official date has been announced for the return of the Spanish football competition.
On Monday, the Spanish government granted permission to La Liga clubs to resume training this week.After that, Barcelona announced that its first-team players will undergo coronavirus tests before returning to training.
"The football first team will be back at the Ciutat Esportiva on Wednesday for the relevant medical tests ahead of starting training individually in the coming days," the club had said in a statement.
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, La Liga was suspended in March. However, on May 4, La Liga announced that after the Spanish Ministry of Health's approval for the return of sports training sessions, players "will start training alone following medical tests carried out by club staff."
Currently, all sporting action across the world has come to a halt due to the coronavirus pandemic.
When the league was paused in March, Barcelona was placed at the top spot in the standings. The Catalan Giants held a two-point lead over second-placed Real Madrid with 11 games remaining.
