BARCELONA
Barça to play Vissel Kobe in Tokyo money-spinner
Catalan media claim that FC Barcelona will play a friendly game in Japan just after the 22-23 LaLiga season ends
Two days after bringing the curtain down on the 2022-23 LaLiga season with an away trip to Vigo, the FC Barcelona squad are Japan bound.
According to Mundo Deportivo, Barça has closed a friendly match against Vissel Kobe, Andrés Iniesta’s team, with the Albacete native set to turn 39 (on May 11). The game will take place on 6 June at the National Stadium in Tokyo, just a couple of days after Xavi’s team will have played their last league game of the season against Celta.
It will be the second year in a row that Barça play a post-season friendly after they travelled to Australia last season to play against an All-Star XI. Vissel Kobe and Barça have already met with the J-League side hosting the Catalan giants in July, 2019. A brace from Carles Pérez was good enough for the ‘azulgrana’ to record the win as part of their pre-season activity.