In an attempt to get to the bottom of Barcelona's listless showing against Juventus in Turin on Tuesday night, Luis Enrique held a meeting with players before training on Wednesday.
The Blaugrana's hopes of advancing in the competition look to be all but extinguished after they fell to a 3-0 defeat at the Juventus Stadium.Players arrived for training with long faces and prior to the session, Luis Enrique discussed what went wrong in Italy with the squad and why the mistakes were made.
The final message from the coach to his players was that they simply must bounce back in the return leg, although very few people truly believe a PSG-esque comeback is possible.
Relations between the coach and his players have been strained once again after his words in the press conference following the game, when he accused them of a lack of intensity.
After the game in Paris, it was the players who reproached the coach for some of the decisions he made on the night of that 4-0 defeat.
Lionel Messi did not take part in Wednesday's training session and stayed in the gym with Neymar, although the club did not report on any fitness problems for the Argentine, but it is not the first time that he hasn't trained on the day following a game.
Arda Turan did return to training with the group and could reappear on Saturday against Real Sociedad, particularly given Neymar's suspension.
