Barcelona signed off the 2022-23 season with a comfortable win over Vissel Kobe in Japan, a post-season friendly that will also earn the club a few million euros.
Xavi named plenty of youngsters and fringe players in his starting XI, handing starts to Julian Araujo, Pau Prim and Dani Rodriguez. Top scorer Robert Lewandowski also started the game, while Frenkie de Jong wore the captain’s armband.
FIRST HALF
Barcelona almost took the lead within the first two minutes in Tokyo. Pablo Torre twisted, turned and fired a shot across goal that hit the bottom of the post and rebounded to safety.