MADRID, 5 Jun. (EUROPA PRESS) –
FC Barcelona will be able this Tuesday (12:30 p.m., Spanish peninsular time) the end of its optimal 2022-2023 season with a special friendly in Japan that will measure Vissel Kobe of the Spanish Andrés Iniesta, also already in his final stretch as a player of the japanese team.
Almost without too much time to rest after finishing their campaign in LaLiga Santander this past Sunday in Vigo, the Barça team headed towards the country of the Rising Sun to reunite with their beloved ex-partner and also with another ex like youth squad Sergi Samper and try to give their best version despite the fatigue and the stretch of the year.
Xavi Hernández displaced almost the entire first team squad for this friendly in Tokyo, with the exception of the injured Pedri González, who could not be reunited on the field with his idol, Alejandro Balde and Ronald Araujo, as well as Sergio Busquets and Jordi Alba are already on vacation after announcing that they will not continue at the club.
In this way, in order to complete the call-up, the Terrassa coach takes youngsters like Unai Hernández, Marc Guiu, Pau Prim, Dani Rodríguez, Julian Araujo and Héctor Fort, who will almost certainly have their chance in the form of minutes at the National Stadium in Tokyo.
Face a Vissel Kobe who is leading their league, where they have not lost in their last seven games, and who will once again play a friendly against FC Barcelona, who was measured in the 2019-2020 preseason, with a 0-0 victory for Barca -2 and double from Carles Pérez.