Pique and Alba back in Barcelona training ahead of Saturday's clasico

Pique and Alba back in Barcelona training ahead of Saturday's clasico

The two defenders were involved in Thursday's session and Luis Enrique could be at full strength this weekend

Barcelona have no choice but to quickly turn the page on the draw against Hercules with the clasico at Camp Nou coming up on Saturday. 

The squad were back in training on Thursday morning at the Ciutat Esportiva, where Luis Enrique received some good news ahead of the Real Madrid game. 

Gerard Pique and Jordi Alba, both with knocks after the Real Sociedad game, completed the first part of the session along with their team-mates and are both in line to play in the clasico. 

Centre-back Pique ended the game at Anoeta against Real Sociedad with pain in his ankle, however, speaking after the game he said he expected to be fine for the Madrid meeting. 

Alba also took a knock in San Sebastian, hurting both his knee and his ankle. He was unable to train on Monday and it was feared he'd miss this weekend's game, but both he and Pique could be in condition to feature. 

Lionel Messi, who missed Monday's session, was also able to train as normal, as was captain Andres Iniesta, who's set to be given the all clear to return to action. 

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