Calderón's team received good news from the sanatorium for the start of the week. After a few days in which the number of the injured players has been on the increase severely disrupting the best laid plans of the Argentine coach; today, Joan Verdú has returned to training with the group on the turf at the Luis del Sol Training Centre After a few weeks on the sideline unable to be listed because of a groin injury, the Catalan attacking midfielder is now getting fully match fit so that Calderón may count on his services from now until the end of the season. Today we witnessed the first training session in preparation for next Thursday's league match against Levante UD.

In the case of Salva Sevilla, now that the muscular problems that prevented him from being in the match against Club Atlético de Madrid have been put to one side, has also returned to the dynamics of group training. Meanwhile, Nacho has undergone a session of continuous runs outside the group followed by diverse exercises prescribed in his recovery programme. Consequently, the absence of Chuli, Dídac, Caro, Nosa and Perquis due to injury, to which we must add that of Antonio Amaya who will undergo further tests today to determine the exact extent of his injury, Calderón has called upon the services of several apprentices to train with the first team.

Varela, Javier Montoya, Pozo, José Carlos, Juanjo and Dani Ceballos were the youth players who were submitted to the guidance of the Real Betis manager, in a week that will be crucial for the development of the season and the team's options to avoid relegation. Finally, despite this accumulation of injured players, resulting from a run of bad luck in recent games, Xavi Torres also added to the good news. The midfielder from Jávea who still has several weeks of recovery ahead of him and who will not have match minutes in the remains of the season, is working overtime with the team's physiotherapists to get back his competitive edge as soon as possible and put his Achilles tendon injury, that saw an end to his season in December, behind him.