Barcelona director Xavier Sala i Martin revealed what everyone had been thinking yesterday by admitting that the club had been hiding indiscipline by claiming players were injured.

He revealed that certain players, without naming anyone, had been separated from the rest of the team for their behaviour and it caused storm clouds over the Camp Nou stadium on Thursday night.

Ronaldinho and Deco are the obvious players to be implicated as they have both been out for long spells with dubious injuries and are known to enjoy the nightlife. Marquez is another who although he returned to the team against Schalke has had his professionalism questioned. Recently he was supposedly out injured and yet seen partying in a Madrid nightclub.