Barcelona players gather for bonding barbecue at Messi's house

Barcelona players gathered at Lionel Messi's house on Monday for a bonding barbecue ahead of their crucial duel against Atletico Madrid on Saturday.

After clinching an important 3-2 win over Valencia at the Estadio de Mestalla on Sunday evening, the Blaugrana are aiming to win all of their four remaining LaLiga Santander games.

A victory over leaders Atletico on Saturday would be a great boost in the team's confidence after last week's 2-1 defeat to Granada at the Camp Nou.

All went accompanied

All the players who attended the meal did so along with their partners, as everybody is aware of the importance of the Atletico clash.

Following a tough start to the season, relationships between the players have improved considerably over the last few months.

Normally, they would meet at a restaurant, but this time they decided to have a barbecue at the captain's house.

Ronald Koeman's men went to Barcelona's training ground on Monday morning for a recovery session after Sunday's duel with Los Che.

According to the new COVID-19 regulations, there can be six people per table from separate households in open spaces.