Introduction 

barcelona opened their preseason tour in japan facing vissel kobe at noevir stadium on july 27 2025 a friendly match that kicked off barça’s asia journey for season 2025‑26  

 

first half sparks to life

 

barcelona broke the deadlock in the 33rd minute when eric garcía poked in a rebound after a corner scramble the visitors looked dominant in possession yet a defensive lapse around half‑time let vissel kobe fight back taisei miyashiro pounced on a loose ball to level things at 1‑1 just before the break  

 

second half youth shine

 

coach hansi flick made wholesale changes at halftime introducing rookies including marcus rashford lamine yamal roony bardghji and academy star pedro “dro” fernández despite just arriving from copenhagen bardghji found space and curled a left foot strike beyond the keeper in the 77th minute to restore barça’s lead two minutes later dro collected a clearance at the edge of the box and unleashed a volley that sealed the 3‑1 win  

 

rashford debut overshadowed by stream chaos

 

rashford’s first minutes in a barça shirt were cut short after about 30 minutes due to live stream failures dozens of fans lost access and the club shifted coverage to youtube mid‑match issuing apologies  

 

technical report and stats

 

barcelona dominated play with around 79 percent possession over 675 passes passing accuracy approached 91 percent while vissel managed just 21 percent possession with under 200 passes shots totaled 16 for barça versus 8 for the hosts barça managed 5 shots on target against 3 by vissel  

 

line‑ups and a glimpse at the future

 

vissel kobe fielded their usual j‑league champions roster led by taisei miyashiro who scored their only goal barcelona started with a strong eleven including pedri gavi ferran torres and raphinha before rotating in debutants including joan garcía as keeper and academy graduates pau cubarsí jofre torrents dro and pedro fernández their performances underlined barça’s youth depth  

 

what this means

 

this win gave flick a confident start his new barça side looked fluid even amid rotation the impact of rookies bardghji and dro offer a hint at promising futures meanwhile vissel kobe proved resilient but couldn’t contain barça’s depth the closing goal line from dro captured the match mood youthful, decisive and forward looking

 

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