Barcelona to play Japan friendly
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The Blaugrana have onboarded Marcus Rashford, Joan Garcia and Roony Bardghji this summer and all three are in the squad for the Asia tour. Follow the latest updates from the pre-season football match at the Misaki Park Stadium in Kobe,
FC Barcelona will travel to Japan after all to face Vissel Kobe on Sunday. Find out how everything changed in a matter of hours—and who saved Barça’s Asian tour.
On Wednesday, around the time of Marcus Rashford’s presentation as their new signing, FC Barcelona announced that they would not travel to Japan for their pre-season friendly against Vissel
The men's first team return to Asia for preseason in 2025/26 six years after their last preseason tour in the region. Hansi Flick’s team will start their preparations for the upcoming season with a tour that will take them to Japan and South Korea to face Vissel Kobe on July 27, FC Seoul on July 31 and Daegu FC on August 4.
A gesture that did not go unnoticed: the Barça coach was filmed in an awkward scene with the club president during the tour of Asia.
The soap opera surrounding FC Barcelona’s pre-season tour to Asia continues to take fresh twists and turns with each passing hour.Last evening, Barcelona cancelled the friendly against Vissel Kobe,
The tour is well and truly under way as FC Barcelona have arrived in Japan, the first stop on their preseason trip which will also take in South Korea. The plane landed in Kansai airport before the party made the 90 minute journey to Kobe by road.