Barcelona Visits Korea for the First Time in 14 Years... Promotion of Head-to-Head Match with FC Seoul at the End of May

Preparing for ‘event match’ on May 30th or 31st.

FC Barcelona, ​​a prestigious Spanish professional soccer club in the Primera Liga, will visit Korea for the first time in 14 years to face off against K League 1 FC Seoul.

Spanish media 'Sport' reported on the 29th (local time), "Barcelona plans to end this season by playing a friendly match in Korea," and added, "It has been decided to hold a friendly match in Korea in the last week of May." 파워볼게임

The media added, "Barcelona, ​​who played a friendly match against Vissel Kobe in Japan last year, decided to play in Asia again this year and chose Korea as their destination," adding, "Barcelona's game is expected to receive a great response in Korea as well."

According to reports, Barcelona plans to visit Korea to play a friendly match immediately after the final match of the 2023-2024 Primera Liga against Sevilla on May 26th local time.

If the visit to Korea is held, Barcelona will meet domestic fans in Korea for the first time in 14 years since August 2010.

Barcelona faced the K-League All-Star team at the 'FC Barcelona K-League All-Star Game 2010' at the Seoul World Cup Stadium in August 2010 and won 5-2.

Regarding this, an official from the Korea Professional Football League said, "We received an inquiry from a domestic broadcaster in the middle of this month about promoting a match between FC Barcelona and a K League 1 team at the end of May."

However, the Korea Football Association explained, "We have not received the relevant information in an official document.

Approval is only possible if the application is made 60 days before the game."

FC Seoul is likely to be the team that Barcelona will face.

It has been reported that the match date will be promoted to May 30th or 31st.

The stumbling block is the K League 1 schedule.

K League 1 will have weekend games from May 25th to 26th, midweek games from 28th to 29th, and weekend games again from June 1st to 2nd.

FC Seoul, which is mentioned as Barcelona's opponent, must play three games in a row: against Pohang Steelers (away) on May 25th, against Sangmu Gimcheon (away) on May 28th, and against Gwangju FC (home) on June 2nd.

If a friendly match against Barcelona is added on May 30 or 31, Seoul will have the burden of having to play four games in one week.

Seoul (9 points) is in 9th place with only 2 wins, 3 draws, and 4 losses through the 9th round of K League 1.

At a time when they need to focus on improving their ranking, it is a burden that a friendly match against Barcelona could cause problems with players' physical strength management. It's amazing

Regarding the possibility of changing the league schedule, an official from the Professional Federation said, “It is inappropriate to change the K-League 1 schedule because of an event match,” and added, “If the team playing against Barcelona accepts the existing schedule and plays the game, neither the Football Association nor the Professional Federation will object. “He hinted.