Barcelona traveled to Japan for their first pre-season friendly, defeating current J-League leaders Vissel Kobe 2-1 on Sunday, July 27.
Barcelona coach Hansi Flick has named his starting lineup with Ferran Torres, Rafinha, Fermin Lopez and Lamine Yamal. While new striker Marcus Rashford is named as a substitute, along with Rooney Bardji.
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Barcelona were slow to warm up as it was their first game of the pre-season. But took a 1-0 lead in the 33rd minute. Fermin Lopez took a corner kick from the left side. But Gavi’s first shot was blocked and Eric Garcia tapped in.
But a mistake by Pau Gubarsi, who was the last man standing and accidentally lost the ball. Allowed Daiju Sasaki to break free and shoot. But it was saved by Joan Garcia. But it still went to Rikuto Hirose, who passed to Taisei Miyashiro to equalize at 1-1 in the 43rd minute.
In the second half, Barcelona made a full substitution, with Rashford and Bardji among those making their debuts.
It took until the 77th minute for Robert Lewandowski to make it 2-1. When he crossed the ball into the penalty area on the right for new attacker Rooney Bardji to fire a left-footed shot into the corner.
Barcelona closed the scoring 3-1 in the 87th minute with a goal from Pedro Fernandez. A young midfielder from the youth team, helping Barcelona defeat Vissel Kobe 3-1. After this, they will fly to South Korea to play two more games against FC Seoul and Daegu FC on July 31 and August 4 respectively.