Inter Miami and Messi Add Japan to Preseason Tour

The team will face Japanese league champion Vissel Kobe at the Japan National Stadium on Feb. 7, marking the fourth match of a tour that includes games in Saudi Arabia and Hong Kong.

Lionel Messi and Inter Miami have added a stop in Japan to their preseason tour, where they will face Japanese league champion Vissel Kobe at the Japan National Stadium on Feb. 7.
This will be the fourth match of a tour that includes games in Saudi Arabia on Jan. 29 and Feb. 1, and a game against a team of pro players from Hong Kong on Feb. 4.
Inter Miami now has five preseason matches announced; there’s the four on the Saudi Arabia-Hong Kong-Japan trip and another in El Salvador on Jan. 19.
The team will begin preseason training in early January and the Major League Soccer regular season is set to begin in February.
Among those on the Vissel Kobe roster: Andrés Iniesta, who once teamed up with Messi and fellow Inter Miami players Sergio Busquets and Jordi Alba at Barcelona.