Flick's Barça kicked off the 2025/26 season with a 1-3 victory on Japanese soil against Vissel Kobe.  The Blaugranas prevailed in a match marked by a slow pace and rotations, in which Flick used a

WELCOME TO THE NOEVIR STADIUM KOBE!!! The beautiful home of Vissel Kobe in Kobe, Japan is the site of the first game of Barcelona’s preseason tour of Asia, as Hansi Flick’s troops begin preparations for the new season.

As for Vissel Kobe, they have a bit of a break before returning to J1 League action. After Sunday’s friendly, the Japanese league leaders face Toyo University in the Emperor’s Cup on August 6 before resuming their league campaign against Machida Zelvia four days later.

J-League football club Vissel Kobe said their friendly against Spanish champions Barcelona will go ahead on Sunday as originally sche