Barça lowered the curtain on the League on Sunday in Vigo, losing to Celta in a duel in which nothing was at stake. The trophy already rests in the brand new temporary museum. As soon as the game was over, the Barça expedition traveled to Santiago de Compostela to catch a plane to Japan.
Once the championship was over, the club had agreed to play a friendly match against Vissel Kobe in Tokyo, the Japanese capital. An event that will take place this Tuesday from 12:30 in the morning, Spanish peninsular time.
The match will be very special for various reasons, but especially due to the presence of a Barça legend like Andrés Iniesta in the ranks of Vissel Kobe.
The brain from La Mancha offered a virtual press conference hours before the game in which he confirmed that he is looking forward to the imminent friendly, in which he hopes to display his best football without the pressure of points in a "farewell" match.
"There are no points at stake and from there it is to enjoy the game, have the best time possible, compete in the best way and make it... I don't know if it's a party, but a beautiful moment because of what it means to have Barça here ", declared Iniesta.
The midfielder highlighted how unusual it is to have Barcelona in Japan and said that it is a "very special" game for him because of what it means to face the Barça team again in the country where he has played for five years, and because "it will be like a farewell from Japan, from the Japanese fans", which makes it "even more special, more beautiful, and I hope to enjoy the game a lot".
Iniesta was excited about playing not only with teammates "with whom I have shared a lot of things", but with all the current members of the Spanish team, whom he thanked for their effort on his express trip to Japan, hours after playing the last game. league, to play this significant match for him.
"We hope it will be a great game, that the people enjoy that moment and that the players can enjoy it too," he added.
This Tuesday's match between Vissel Kobe and FC Barcelona will take place at the Tokyo Olympic Stadium, where Vissel won the 2019 Emperor's Cup title, and which will mark a tribute to his career, although Iniesta seeks to continue playing .
Next July 1 will take place the last match of the Spaniard with Vissel, a match of the first division of the Japanese league at home, the Noevir of the team from the west of Japan, "but this one in Tokyo, for what it means and against whom it's the game, it could also serve as a farewell", considers the man from Fuentealbilla.
