Two teenage buuters score as Barcelona The first presidential match wins against Vissel Kobe.
Match report
Barcelona has started their pre-season tour through Japan and South Korea with the victory over Vissel Kobe on Sunday.
There had been doubts about whether the match would take place due to an alleged breach of the promoters of the Tour, but in the end it continued as planned. And despite the chaos, including 24 hours later than expected to Japan flying, Barcelona looked sharp.
Hansi Flick called a strong side for the first half, with people like Lamine Yamal, Pedri and Pau Cubarsi all starting. And countless opportunities had been created, although it took until the 33rd minute before Barcelona scored the opening goal of the game – and it came from a surprise face.
After a corner, the ball fell at Eric Garcia's feet, who stabbed the first goal of Barcelona of the 2025-26 campaign in Barcelona. However, the management did not last long for the La Liga champions of last season, as Vissel Kobe immediately made it just before the half -time interval thanks to Taisei Miyashiro.
Flick changed all 11 players during the break, and that enabled supporters of Barcelona to get their first glimpse of Marcus Rashford and Roonon Bardghji. And it was the last to do his chances of staying with the first team no harm because he scored the goal that the Catalans took the lead in Kobe.
That goal came 77 minutes and 10 minutes later, another debutant came to the score sheet to make the victory safe for Barcelona. Pedro Fernandez Sarmiento, better known as Dro, shot a beautiful volley home in his first performance for the Senior Squad, in what was a great moment for the 17-year-old.
All in all it was a successful evening in Kobe for Barcelona, who will now travel to South Korea for their next pre-season friendly competitions.
Match -Events
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33 'goal! Eric GarcÃa puts Barca in lead! Vissel Kobe 0-1 Barcelona
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44 'goal! Miyashiro smoothes just before half -time! Vissel Kobe 1-1 Barcelona
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77 'goal! Vissel Kobe 1-2 Barcelona (Roony Bardghji)
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87 'goal! Vissel Kobe 1-3 Barcelona (Dro Fernández)
Line-ups
Vissel Kobe Xi: Gotoku, Takahiro Ogihara, Yuki Honda, Erik, Yosuke Ideguchi, Rikuto Hirose, Tetsushi Yamakawa, Katsuya Nagato, Daiya Maekawa, Taisei Miyashiro, Daiju Sasaki
Subs: Shota Arai, Takuya Iwanami, Haruya Ide, Riku Matsuda, Koya Yuruki, Yuta Koike, Ren Komatsu, Powell Obinna Obi, Caetano, Nanasei Iino, Kakeru Yamauchi, Yuya Kuwasaki, Niah, Niina, Richard Monday Ubong, Ryosuke Irie, Yuta Miyahara
Barcelona XI: I. Martinez, Ferran Torres, Raphinha, Eric Garcia, Pedri, Joan GarcÃa, Bald, Gavi, FermÃn López, Yamal, Cubarsi
Subs: Szczesny, Lewandowski, Christensen, Olmo, Pena, De Jong, Rashford, Kounde, Arajo, Casado, Roony Bardghji, Gerard MartÃn, Héctor Fort, Diego Kochen, Dro Fernández, Toni Ferntez