Each team: Barcelona will make sure to go to Japan this Friday, Lotte Group comes forward to resolve the problem

The Daily Sports Daily reported that Barcelona has determined the date and time of flying to Japan. Barcelona will set off for Japan at 11 a.m. on Friday, July 25, to start their first warm-up match against Kobe Victory Ship. This almost dead journey turned the originally ideal trip to Asia into a real farce this summer.

It all started shortly after the Rashford debut ceremony on Wednesday, the club suddenly announced the cancellation of the first stop of the Asian tour on the grounds of "serious breach of contract by the organizer." Barcelona claimed that they had not received €5 million in the friendly match against Kobe Victory Ship and announced that the agreement was invalid. The accidental bomb left the trip to Japan unresolved, but did not affect the subsequent two matches against Seoul FC and Daegu FC in South Korea.

At the critical moment, Lotte Group chose to take action. This Japanese company, which served as the main sponsor of Barcelona from 2017 to 2022, is now a ticketing agent for Kobe events and decided to take the initiative to bear the costs. Although it is not the direct organizer (the defaulting party is Yasuda Company), Lotte still chooses to advance funds to avoid legal disputes and damage to its corporate image.

But the crisis of trust is not over. Barcelona requires Lotte to pay before takeoff, while Lotte asks to ensure that the club will not repent after the transfer. This tug-of-war was once caught in an absurd confrontation of "who shows his trump card first". According to club sources, the situation has aroused dissatisfaction and even anger among some players.

The coaching staff was forced to adjust their plans every day. The pre-season preparations that should have been on the right track were completely in chaos, and the logistics problems were even worse. The club was still coordinating the charter flight until the last moment, trying to achieve the goal of flying to Japan that day.

Compared with regular league trips, the number of entourage members on the pre-season tour is huge. The difficulty of urgently mobilizing the entire team eventually led to a miscarriage originally scheduled to set off on Thursday.

The team received a notice of gathering at the training base in the afternoon after the morning training. When the Barcelona bus arrived and was about to pick up the players to the airport, the itinerary was cancelled at the last minute due to the details, and the coordination issues with the chartered flight service staff became a key factor in postponing departure until Friday.

The club is currently ready for Friday's trip to Asia. Players will gather at Ganber Sports City at 9 a.m. to have breakfast with the coaching staff and go to the airport. The charter flight is scheduled to take off at 11 o'clock, with a total journey of about 13 hours and is expected to arrive at midnight on Saturday, Spanish time.

In fact, the players will be the last person to arrive at the meeting point, and other members, including Rafa Eust who went on a fight with the team, will arrive at the airport in advance. Elena Ford and Deco will stay behind to deal with the renovation and transfer of Camp Nou respectively, and will not go with the team.

source:vn 7m cn