FC Barcelona - Leo Messi, Rakitic and Ter Stegen in training

The FC Barcelona first team returned to training on Monday after three days rest and began with a minute’s silence in memory of the victims of the recent attacks in the French capital Paris. The session included Leo Messi, who is recovering from the knee injury sustained on 26 September, and Ivan Rakitic who picked up a calf injury on 4 November. As well as the Argentinian and Croatian, goalkeeper Marc André ter Stegen also trained after missing last week sessions due to dental surgery. This was the first