Vissel Kobe vs Barcelona, 2023 Club Friendly
· Club FriendlyBarcelona reunite with club legend Iniesta in friendly win over Vissel Kobe
Mexico international Julian Araujo made his long-awaited Barcelona debut in a 2-0 friendly win over Vissel Kobe in Tokyo on Tuesday as Andres Iniesta played his final game for the Japanese club.
Match Commentary
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 2': Pablo Torre (Barcelona) hits the right post with a right footed shot from the left side of the box. Assisted by Ansu Fati.
- 2': Attempt blocked. Franck Kessié (Barcelona) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
- 9': Attempt missed. Daiju Sasaki (Vissel Kobe) right footed shot from the right side of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Lincoln.
- 9': Offside, Barcelona. Eric García tries a through ball, but Daniel Rodríguez is caught offside.
- 12': Attempt saved. Pablo Torre (Barcelona) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Pau Prim.
- 12': Foul by Julián Araujo (Barcelona).
- 12': Koya Yuruki (Vissel Kobe) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 13': Daiju Sasaki (Vissel Kobe) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 13': Foul by Pau Prim (Barcelona).
- 14': Ansu Fati (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 14': Foul by Yusei Ozaki (Vissel Kobe).
- 16': Goal! Vissel Kobe 0, Barcelona 1. Franck Kessié (Barcelona) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Pablo Torre with a through ball.
- 17': Foul by Pau Prim (Barcelona).
- 17': Mitsuki Saito (Vissel Kobe) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 19': Attempt saved. Franck Kessié (Barcelona) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ansu Fati.
- 19': Corner, Barcelona. Conceded by Leo Osaki.
- 19': Goal! Vissel Kobe 0, Barcelona 2. Eric García (Barcelona) header from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Pablo Torre with a cross following a corner.
- 24': Foul by Mitsuki Saito (Vissel Kobe).
- 24': Pau Prim (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 25': Foul by Ansu Fati (Barcelona).
- 25': Yusei Ozaki (Vissel Kobe) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 26': Offside, Vissel Kobe. Ryo Hatsuse tries a through ball, but Koya Yuruki is caught offside.
- 28': Corner, Barcelona. Conceded by Ryo Hatsuse.
- 31': Attempt blocked. Lincoln (Vissel Kobe) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ryo Hatsuse.
- 31': Attempt missed. Andrés Iniesta (Vissel Kobe) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Lincoln.
- 32': Attempt missed. Sergi Samper (Vissel Kobe) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Lincoln.
- 32': Ansu Fati (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 32': Foul by Mitsuki Saito (Vissel Kobe).
- 33': Corner, Vissel Kobe. Conceded by Eric García.
- 35': Corner, Vissel Kobe. Conceded by Pablo Torre.
- 35': Attempt saved. Lincoln (Vissel Kobe) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Andrés Iniesta with a cross.
- 36': Delay in match because of an injury Daniel Rodríguez (Barcelona).
- 37': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 40': Attempt missed. Daiju Sasaki (Vissel Kobe) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Ryo Hatsuse with a cross.
- 40': Attempt missed. Franck Kessié (Barcelona) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
- 42': Attempt saved. Daniel Rodríguez (Barcelona) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Pablo Torre.
- 43': Attempt saved. Koya Yuruki (Vissel Kobe) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Mitsuki Saito.
- 43': Attempt saved. Koya Yuruki (Vissel Kobe) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is saved in the bottom left corner.
- 43': Corner, Vissel Kobe. Conceded by Iñaki Peña.
- 44': Attempt saved. Lincoln (Vissel Kobe) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Andrés Iniesta with a cross.
- 44': Daniel Rodríguez (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 44': Foul by Ryo Hatsuse (Vissel Kobe).
- 45': Attempt saved. Andrés Iniesta (Vissel Kobe) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Mitsuki Saito.
- 45'+2': First Half ends, Vissel Kobe 0, Barcelona 2.
- 45': Second Half begins Vissel Kobe 0, Barcelona 2.
- 45': Substitution, Barcelona. Ferran Torres replaces Daniel Rodríguez.
- 45': Substitution, Barcelona. Gavi replaces Franck Kessié.
- 45': Substitution, Barcelona. Hector Fort replaces Marcos Alonso.
- 45': Substitution, Barcelona. Jules Koundé replaces Frenkie de Jong.
- 45': Substitution, Barcelona. Marc Guiu replaces Robert Lewandowski.
- 45': Substitution, Barcelona. Raphinha replaces Ansu Fati.
- 45': Substitution, Vissel Kobe. Jean Patrick replaces Koya Yuruki.
- 45': Substitution, Vissel Kobe. Mitsuki Hidaka replaces Ryo Hatsuse.
- 45': Substitution, Vissel Kobe. Shuhei Kawasaki replaces Daiju Sasaki.
- 45': Substitution, Vissel Kobe. Stefan Mugosa replaces Lincoln.
- 45': Substitution, Vissel Kobe. Takahiro Ohgihara replaces Mitsuki Saito.
- 47': Corner, Barcelona. Conceded by Mitsuki Hidaka.
- 49': Attempt saved. Stefan Mugosa (Vissel Kobe) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
- 53': Offside, Barcelona. Pablo Torre tries a through ball, but Raphinha is caught offside.
- 55': Foul by Leo Osaki (Vissel Kobe).
- 55': Raphinha (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 56': Corner, Barcelona. Conceded by Leo Osaki.
- 57': Attempt missed. Jean Patrick (Vissel Kobe) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Andrés Iniesta.
- 58': Attempt saved. Stefan Mugosa (Vissel Kobe) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Sergi Samper.
- 59': Attempt blocked. Ferran Torres (Barcelona) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Raphinha.
- 59': Corner, Barcelona. Conceded by Yusei Ozaki.
- 59': Attempt saved. Marc Guiu (Barcelona) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Pablo Torre with a cross.
- 59': Corner, Barcelona. Conceded by Daiya Maekawa.
- 60': Attempt missed. Raphinha (Barcelona) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Ferran Torres following a corner.
- 60': Substitution, Barcelona. Unai Hernández replaces Pablo Torre.
- 61': Substitution, Barcelona. Arnau Tenas replaces Iñaki Peña.
- 62': Foul by Pau Prim (Barcelona).
- 62': Takahiro Ohgihara (Vissel Kobe) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 63': Attempt missed. Jean Patrick (Vissel Kobe) right footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Takahiro Ohgihara.
- 64': Foul by Mitsuki Hidaka (Vissel Kobe).
- 64': Raphinha (Barcelona) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 64': Corner, Barcelona. Conceded by Leo Osaki.
- 65': Foul by Shuhei Kawasaki (Vissel Kobe).
- 65': Julián Araujo (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 67': Attempt saved. Raphinha (Barcelona) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Unai Hernández.
- 67': Foul by Mitsuki Hidaka (Vissel Kobe).
- 67': Unai Hernández (Barcelona) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 67': Attempt blocked. Unai Hernández (Barcelona) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Raphinha.
- 67': Corner, Barcelona. Conceded by Jean Patrick.
- 69': Delay in match because of an injury Raphinha (Barcelona).
- 70': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 73': Attempt blocked. Marc Guiu (Barcelona) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Gavi.
- 73': Corner, Barcelona. Conceded by Yusei Ozaki.
- 74': Corner, Barcelona. Conceded by Jean Patrick.
- 74': Attempt missed. Gavi (Barcelona) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right following a corner.
- 75': Foul by Yusei Ozaki (Vissel Kobe).
- 75': Marc Guiu (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 77': Corner, Barcelona. Conceded by Leo Osaki.
- 78': Attempt missed. Ferran Torres (Barcelona) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Raphinha following a corner.
- 80': Attempt saved. Unai Hernández (Barcelona) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Hector Fort with a cross.
- 80': Corner, Barcelona. Conceded by Daiya Maekawa.
- 81': Substitution, Vissel Kobe. Yoshinori Muto replaces Shuhei Kawasaki.
- 81': Substitution, Vissel Kobe. Haruya Ide replaces Andrés Iniesta.
- 81': Substitution, Vissel Kobe. Matheus Thuler replaces Leo Osaki.
- 81': Substitution, Vissel Kobe. Yuya Nakasaka replaces Sergi Samper.
- 81': Attempt blocked. Ferran Torres (Barcelona) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 82': Attempt missed. Ferran Torres (Barcelona) right footed shot from the right side of the box is too high. Assisted by Gavi.
- 84': Substitution, Vissel Kobe. Yuya Osako replaces Stefan Mugosa.
- 84': Attempt saved. Raphinha (Barcelona) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
- 84': Foul by Pau Prim (Barcelona).
- 84': Haruya Ide (Vissel Kobe) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 85': Attempt missed. Raphinha (Barcelona) left footed shot from more than 35 yards is just a bit too high.
- 85': Foul by Unai Hernández (Barcelona).
- 85': Yoshinori Muto (Vissel Kobe) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 87': Offside, Barcelona. Arnau Tenas tries a through ball, but Ferran Torres is caught offside.
- 87': Substitution, Vissel Kobe. Phelipe Megiolaro replaces Daiya Maekawa.
- 88': Substitution, Vissel Kobe. Shogo Terasaka replaces Mitsuki Hidaka.
- 89': Attempt missed. Yoshinori Muto (Vissel Kobe) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Yuya Osako with a through ball.
- 90': Attempt saved. Raphinha (Barcelona) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ferran Torres.
- 90'+3': Foul by Yusei Ozaki (Vissel Kobe).
- 90'+3': Marc Guiu (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+4': Second Half ends, Vissel Kobe 0, Barcelona 2.
- 0': Match ends, Vissel Kobe 0, Barcelona 2.
Statistics
 BAR |
VIS |
|
|---|---|---|
| 7 | Fouls | 10 |
| 0 | Yellow Cards | 0 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 3 | Offsides | 1 |
| 12 | Corner Kicks | 3 |
| 7 | Saves | 8 |
| 54.9 | Possession | 45.1 |
| 22 | SHOTS | 15 |
| 10 | ON GOAL | 7 |
| 0.5 | On Target % | 0.5 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 604 | Accurate Passes | 476 |
| 661 | Passes | 545 |
| 0.9 | Pass Completion % | 0.9 |
| 3 | Accurate Crosses | 4 |
| 17 | Crosses | 10 |
| 0.2 | Cross % | 0.4 |
| 44 | Long Balls | 46 |
| 26 | Accurate Long Balls | 27 |
| 0.6 | Long Balls % | 0.6 |
| 5 | Blocked Shots | 1 |
| 6 | Effective Tackles | 9 |
| 11 | Tackles | 14 |
| 0.5 | Tackle % | 0.6 |
| 7 | Interceptions | 5 |
| 6 | Effective Clearances | 17 |
| 6 | Clearances | 17 |
Game Information
Competition: Club Friendly
Venue:
Location: ,
Attendance: 47,335
Venue:
Location: ,
Attendance: 47,335
Line-Ups
Vissel Kobe (4-3-3)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Daiya Maekawa (GK) |
| 25 | Leo Osaki |
| 34 | Yusei Ozaki |
| 19 | Ryo Hatsuse |
| 41 | Shohei Takahashi |
| 6 | Sergi Samper |
| 8 | Andrés Iniesta |
| 16 | Mitsuki Saito |
| 29 | Lincoln |
| 14 | Koya Yuruki |
| 22 | Daiju Sasaki |
Barcelona (4-3-3)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 13 | Iñaki Peña (GK) |
| 21 | Frenkie de Jong |
| 24 | Eric García |
| 17 | Marcos Alonso |
| 2 | Julián Araujo |
| 26 | Pau Prim |
| 16 | Pablo Torre |
| 19 | Franck Kessié |
| 9 | Robert Lewandowski |
| 10 | Ansu Fati |
| 27 | Daniel Rodríguez |
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