Although it has little chance of appearing at the launch of Barcelona in the Club World Cup in the semifinal against Atlante, Lionel Messi did work separately in the hotel on the beach staying in Abu Dhabi and then was brought to the peer group at the Zayed Sports City stadium. It could take its place among the substitutes, but the idea is to have it ready in case of reaching the final instance in which already confirmed the Estudiantes de La Plata of his friend Juan Sebastián Verón."Leo is much better, ankle looks good and his mood is better too. We have to see how it evolves. Tomorrow we will decide, "said Guardiola.
El Rosario was spent in the first part of day to perform a special work by the physiotherapist Juanjo Brau on the sand of the beach and later joined the work of their peers, as one more inconvenience and without receiving the sprain suffered in the right ankle.