It’s Friday, and we’re already at five training sessions for the week — with each one being more intense than the previous day.

The team did a lot of training indoors today, with a lot of weight work. Marco Asensio is back, but he stayed indoors. Outside, Martin Odegaard, Alvaro Odriozola, and Mariano Diaz trained separately. Zinedne Zidane brought everyone together at the end of the training (after ball work and tactical practices) to play a full on scrimmage, where Vinicius Junior basically dominated.

Borja Mayoral is still around.

ICYMI

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An early test of fitness levels with Toni Kroos, Sergio Ramos, and Dani Carvajal going the full ninety minutes