Flick wanted more game time for Rashford

Marcus Rashford made his debut as a Barcelona player on Sunday morning. Barcelona defeated Vissel Kobe 3-1 in their first pre-season friendly, and Hansi Flick introduced the Manchester United loanee at half-time. Around the midpoint of the second half, he substituted him to give other players some minutes, but he was left wanting more from the Englishman.

"It was a very good match. In the first 30 minutes, we were very good; in the last 15 minutes of the first half, we lost control. In the second half, we were very good again. We have many players from La Masia, Jofre and Dro did very well, also in training."

"The objective was for everyone to play 45 minutes. Marcus Rashford didn't play as much as I wanted and we also wanted to give Gerard 15 minutes because he was playing after an injury," the manager said after the match.

His words were available publicly because, due to technical problems, the club broadcast the event on their YouTube channel. "There are things to improve," he added, in any case, the coach, who calmed concerns about Joan García wearing the number 1 shirt.

"It was simply a matter for the tour. Pedri also wore the '8', Lamine Yamal, I think, wore the '10'... (laughs). No, seriously, it's for the tour," he joked. About the suspension of the match and its subsequent reactivation, he said: "I was informed the day before, before going to dinner with the coaches. I was surprised, but it's a club decision. In the end, we went in the right direction and they allowed us to play here in Japan."