Barcelona pre-season — Barca vs Vissel Kobe on July 27 to go ahead as scheduled
Barcelona said that its team was traveling to Japan where it will play a friendly against Vissel Kobe on Sunday.
The club said that it and the promoter have 'resolved all the issues that two days prior obliged Barcelona to cancel its participation' in the game. Barca has not named the promoter or given more detail about the dispute.
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After Japan, Barcelona also plans to visit South Korea to play FC Seoul on July 31 and Daegu FC on August 4.
Like other big clubs, Barcelona — which has struggled with large debts in recent years — uses the summer to play exhibition games abroad as a way to earn extra cash.
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