Vissel Kobe hammer Sagan Tosu in Fernando Torres' final game
Former Spain international star Fernando Torres walked away from the game after failing to score in Sagan Tosu's 6-1 loss to Vissel Kobe on Friday night. The game was billed as a final showdown between Torres and his compatriot, friend and former World Cup star ...
Veteran defender Gotoku Sakai returns to Japan because of Vissel Kobe's 'vision'
While Gotoku Sakai had planned to continue his career in Europe, the former Japan international said Friday he decided to return to the J. League with Vissel Kobe after being sold on the club's "vision." The 28-year-old right-back, who played eight seasons in Germany with ...
Following more than 200 games in the German first and second divisions, former Japan defender Gotoku Sakai will return to the J. League with Vissel Kobe, the club said Wednesday. The 28-year-old right-back, a member of Japan's past two World Cup squads, joins Vissel on ...
Vissel Kobe stage late comeback to earn draw with Gamba Osaka
A spectacular Andres Iniesta penalty goal and a late Asahi Masuyama header earned a point for Vissel Kobe in a 2-2 home draw with Gamba Osaka on Friday night. Trailing by two, Iniesta was the picture of calm as he scored in the 79th minute ...
Carles Perez scored a second-half brace to lift Spanish powerhouse Barcelona over J. League first-division side Vissel Kobe 2-0 in their friendly on Saturday. The game was one of two high-profile matches featuring J. League clubs on Saturday. In the other one, English Premier League ...
Former Barcelona, Arsenal defender Vermaelen joins Vissel Kobe
Belgium international defender Thomas Vermaelen on Saturday become the latest high-profile European player to join J. League side Vissel Kobe. Vissel introduced the 33-year-old center-back at a news conference at Kobe's Noevir Stadium ahead of a friendly against his former club Barcelona. Vermaelen arrived on a ...
Atletico Madrid's Diego Costa scores four goals in rout of Real Madrid
Diego Costa scored four goals as Real Madrid was embarrassed 7-3 by rival Atletico Madrid in the final match of their United States tour on Friday. Real fielded a strong side once again, with new signings Eden Hazard and Luka Jovic starting up front and ...
Rakuten's Barca-Chelsea show misses mark
The possibility exists that Tuesday's Rakuten Cup match between Barcelona and Chelsea was being considered by some influential soccer figure or another as an audition for Japan's inclusion in the increasingly popular International Champions Cup, the international preseason tournament that is currently taking place ...
Former Spain internationals David Villa and Andres Iniesta each struck twice to lead Vissel Kobe to a 5-3 home win over Nagoya Grampus in the J. League first division on Sunday. Playing in its third league match under newly appointed head coach Thorsten Fink, Vissel ...
Andres Iniesta guides Vissel Kobe past FC Tokyo
After four no-shows at high-capacity stadiums in the greater Tokyo metropolitan area and just one Kanto appearance last October in Kawasaki, Andres Iniesta finally stood on a pitch in the capital in front of over 38,000 fans. Even Saturday's persistent rain stopped to take in ...
Vissel Kobe hire ex-Hamburger SV boss Thorsten Fink as new manager
Vissel Kobe on Saturday named former Hamburger SV boss Thorsten Fink as their new manager. He replaces Takayuki Yoshida. The 51-year-old German takes the reins with Vissel languishing in 13th place in the J. League first-division table after 14 games. Spaniard Juan Manuel Lillo stepped ...
Serginho struck his first goal of the J. League first-division campaign Sunday as Kashima Antlers outclassed struggling Vissel Kobe 1-0. The Brazilian forward found the net in the 17th minute at Noevir Stadium to consign Vissel to its sixth straight league defeat. With a host of ...
