FC Barcelona arrived in Japan in the early morning hours of Saturday, following some chaos surrounding their travel plans due to problems between the club and the match promoters. Having arrived in Kobe,

Vissel Kobe issued a statement that averred that the match will be held as planned following careful discussions with the relevant parties.

Barcelona will play a pre-season friendly in Japan tomorrow as scheduled, J-League side Vissel Kobe said, despite the Spanish club initially cancelling