On December 15, a match between the Barça Legends and the Real Madrid Leyendas will be played at the Ajinomoto Stadium in Tokyo (Japan) starting at 2:00 p.m. (6:00 a.m. Barcelona time). It will be the first time that both teams meet in Japan and the match will be the second in a row after the one that will be played in Doha (Qatar) on November 28.
The big news for this event is the presence of Andrés Iniesta, who recently announced his retirement as a professional soccer player. Apart from him, three other players will be the highlights for the team led by Albert Ferrer. On the one hand, Xavi Hernández, the Club’s first coach until last season, and on the other the Argentine Javier Mascherano. Rafa Márquez, who was the coach of Barça Atlètic the last two seasons, will also make his debut with the Barça Legends. The four will wear the Barça shirt again after leaving Barça in 2018 Iniesta, 2015 Xavi, 2018 Mascherano and 2010 Márquez respectively.
For Iniesta it will be a special game to play in a country where he played for Vissel Kobe for five seasons.
For Iniesta it will be a special game to play in a country where he played for Vissel Kobe for five seasons. Apart from the aforementioned players, the Barça coach will have outstanding players such as Rivaldo, Bojan Krkic, Javier Saviola, Ludovic Giuly, Adriano and Gaizka Mendieta, among others.
The Barça Legends is a program created in 2016 that is managed directly by the club, which consists of integrating former Barça players through a stable professional collaboration project with the club that contributes to the globalization of the Barça brand throughout the world. making the Club’s values known through them.
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