Barcelona beat Vissel Kobe in a friendly in Japan

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Two goals of two debutants, of the Swedish RAONY BARDGHJI and of Pedro Fernández Sarmiento ‘Dro’they gave him The victory to Barcelona 3-1 at its pre-season premiere against Vissel Kobe.

It was a match with many players in action and in which Hansi Flick used two different formations, in addition to various changes. They occurred The premieres, in addition, the goalkeeper Joan García and the English striker Marcus Rashfordwho played half an hour.

But the protagonists were two youth: the Swedish Ronyy Bardghji, a 19 -year -old left -hander from Copenhagen, and Galician Pedro Fernández ‘Dro’, 17, who took advantage of the few minutes given by the German coach.

Initially, Hansi Flick put an eleven recognizable at the premiere of the preseason, with only one of the two additions, the goalkeeper Garcia as headline.

In addition, in a clear statement of intentions, the goalkeeper wore number 1. The presence of Eric García, on the right side; Gavi as Pedri companion; Fermín as Mediapunta and Ferrán as a centrodlantero were the novelties.

Flick’s team moved as usual. To the rhythm of Pedri and with Lamine Yamal and Raphinha, sharp at the ends, before a rival like Vissel Kobe, much more shot and with a lot of physical rhythm.

The connection between Raphinha and Ferrán worked from the beginning, but the first great action of the first half was a shot of Miyashiro, in the 5th minute, in which Joan García wore, in his first great intervention of the party. Then others arrived.

Lamine had a good action with a shot at 12 and the next minute enabled Raphinha, who forced a great intervention by goalkeeper Maekowa.

Before the goal, in the first half, the best occasion was a raphinha shot that went next to the left stick of the Japanese team’s arch.

Pedri’s presence generated a large number of options, but the strikers did not have refined aim. Fermín did not succeed in the control, at 26, and, shortly after, an incorporation of bucket, at 33, was the preamble of the first goal.

Fermín executed the corner kick and, after a couple of rejections, Eric García was right to set foot to open the score at 34. From then on, Barça’s physicist fell and the best version of Vissel Kobe was seen.

They were moments for the show of Joan García, who had a couple of good actions. However, The premises scored the draw through Miyashiro at 43 minutes in an action in which Pau Cubarsí was wrong in the middle of the court, and although Joan García saved in the first instance, the Japanese center lamb.

In the second half, Flick put a totally new training with the premieres of Rashford and Bardghji, as well as the young lane on the left Jofre Torrents.

And Barça felt very comfortable. With continuous arrivals of Rashford on the left, Bardghji on the right and Lewandowski, nine.

The figure of Dani Olmo, as Mediapunta, was key as a game generator. In addition, he had a good chance at 63, as well as Rashford a minute later, in his first shot as an attacker in Barcelona.

The Catalans were controlling the situation with more and more solvency, a lot of pressure at the exit from the bottom of the rival who was drowning the Japanese more and more.

And so came 2-1, with some of a debutant. It was a play on Rashford space, with Robert Lewandowski’s intervention. The Polish waited for the arrival of Ronyy Bardghji and this one finished off the net at 77 minutes.

In the last minutes, another young man, ‘Dro’ looked at the splicing a clearing from the edge of the area to close the game (3-1).

Barça will now play two games in South Korea (Seoul and Daegu), as well as the Joan Gamper trophy against as before the start of the championship.

Vissel Kobe vs. formations. Barcelona

1 – VISSEL KOBE: MAEKAWA; Sakai, Yamakawa, Honda, Nagato; Ohgihara, Erik, Ideguchi; Hirose, Miyashiro and Sasaki.

Iwanami, Yamauchi, Ide, Caetano, Klismahn, Yuruki, Arai, Komatsu, Iino, Kuwasaki, Iwanami, Irie and Tominaga also played.

3 – Barcelona: Joan García; Eric García, Cubarsí, Balde, Íñigo Martínez; Pedri, Gavi; Fermín; Lamine, Ferran and Raphinha.

In the second half Szczesny played; Koundé, Araujo, Christensen, Jofre Torrents; Casadó, from Jong, Olmo; Bardghji, Lewandowski, Rashford, Pedro Fernández ‘Dro’y Gerard Martín.

Goals: 0-1, min. 33: Eric García. 1-1, min. 43: Miyashiro. 1-2, min. 77: Bardghji. 1-3, min. 86: Pedro Fernández ‘Dro’.

Referee: Takafumi Mikuriya.