Tokyo ready to welcome the Barça Legends
Side coached by Albert Ferrer to play Real Madrid Leyendas for the second time in a fortnight
The Barça Legends are about to play the third game of their season in Tokyo on Sunday 15 December at 2pm local time (6am CET). The opposition are Real Madrid Leyendas and the venue is the Ajinomoto Stadium. The game can be watched live on Barça One.
Barça already played the same team two weeks ago in Doha, winning on penalties after a 2-2 draw. But this time brings the novelty of three players who have never turned out for the veterans before, Andrés Iniesta back in his famous number 8 shirt, and Xavi Hernández with number 6, and also Rafa Márquez in his first appearance for the team. The rest of squad is made up of Jesús Angoy, Xavi Guzmán, Marc Valiente, Frédéric Déhu, Sergi Barjuan, Fernando Navarro, Jordi Ferrón, Gaizka Mendieta, Roberto Trashorras, Roger Garcia, Ludovic Giuly, Javier Saviola, Nolito and Rivaldo.
Quality opponentBut Real Madrid Leyendas also have some famous names in their team. They're going to Japan with Iker Casillas, Paco Buyo, Iván Campo, Javier Balboa, Edwin Congo, Luis Milla, Agustín García, Pedro Munitis, José Emilio Amavisca, Julio Baptista, Roberto Carlos, Fabio Cannavaro, Steve McManaman, Fernando Sanz, Marcos Tébar, Sávio Bortolini, Christian Carembeu and Pedro Contreras.
Meeting with supporters clubs and the Barça AcademyApart from the game, the Barça Legends will also be meeting the supporters clubs from Japan and also one from Shanghai. They will also be meeting some boys and girls from the Barça Academies in Yokohama and Katsushika.