Greg . 6 days ago

Barcelona to confront Vissel Kobe in friendly despite 'serious contractual breaches'

Barcelona will play a pre-season friendly in Japan on Sunday as scheduled, J-League side Vissel Kobe said, despite the Spanish club initially cancelling the match, citing unspecified "serious contractual breaches.

"The announcement comes after Barcelona said this week it possessed to "suspend its participation in the game" in Japan "due to serious contractual breaches on behalf of the promoter.

"The Spanish giants were scheduled to play Vissel Kobe on Sunday before travelling to South Korea to confront FC Seoul on July 31st and Daegu FC on August 4th.

The Japanese team said in a statement on Friday that "following careful discussions with the relevant parties, the match scheduled for Sunday.

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will be gripped as planned.

"Vissel Kobe, for whom Barcelona and Spain great Andres Iniesta played at the terminate of his career, said there were "contractual issues" and they possessed been working with their owner "to coordinate with the relevant parties, including Barcelona, in order to realise the match.

"Barcelona shared a video of the team stepping out of a plane on Saturday on X, with the caption "Konnichiwa, Japan!""We are really thrilled to be in Japan," they said in another post.

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