The glass half full for Barcelona

The COVID-19 virus has kept all of football at bay. Barcelona, with preventive measures, decided to send the team home until further notice in order to reduce the risk of contagion. An alternative already taken by most LaLiga teams.

Now, with the uncertainty of knowing when the competition will return, the team finds itself with the opportunity of recovering injured footballers for what is left of the season. 

These are the cases of Sergi Roberto or Arthur Melo, as 'Sport' tells us. If LaLiga can return in a couple of months and finish much later - in July - as it has been shuffled, Setién could potentially get some of his key players back for the most difficult stretch of the season. 

Such is the case with Luis Suarez. Although the Uruguayan's injury is more complicated than that of his two companions, there is still a chance for him to make an appearance in the final stretches of the season if competition is delayed. 

Quique Setién will no doubt benefit from these players' recoveries, but also from the time the situation provides him with. The last few weeks of tournament left a lot of unanswered questions about the team's performance, meaning the coach could now take his time to find a solution. 

Despite currently standing as LaLiga leaders, unconvincing performances against Real Sociedad, a Clasico loss and a draw against Napoli all point to the fact that Setién indeed needs some time to rethink his squad's situation.

The rest of the squad, meanwhile, will not train in a group after Josep Maria Bartomeu's decision but will keep up the physical pace of training.

Barcelona's trainers have given each of the players a specific job to do until everything is back to normal. These sessions will be essential for all of them to keep their shape.

This obligatory rest is also positive for footballers like Gerard Piqué (3,104 minutes), Clément Lenglet (2,653 minutes), Sergio Busquets (2,638 minutes), Frenkie de Jong (3,094 minutes), Antoine Griezmann (3,144 minutes) or Leo Messi (2,641 minutes), the footballers, besides Ter Stegen, who have accumulated more load this season in the club.