Barcelona pre-season tracker: Spanish champions sign off with 5-0 win over Como after Lamine Yamal double

Barcelona overcame a star-studded Real Madrid side to win La Liga last season.

Hansi Flick’s squad will hope to retain their title during the 2025/2026 campaign, and their light pre-season schedule could prove to be the perfect preparation for the challenge.

Barca's Asian tour is now over after a string of wins in Japan and South Korea, and they will now return to Catalonia as they get ready to battle for trophies on several fronts.

In the first pre-season match of the summer, Barcelona defeated Japanese side Vissel Kobe 3-1.

They then travelled to South Korea, where they dismantled FC Seoul 7-3 before thrashing Daegu 5-0.

Their pre-season will draw to a close with a fascinating match against Como, who are managed by the Catalan club's former midfielder Cesc Fabregas.

With that in mind, here is all the information you need to keep up with Barcelona’s pre-season plans.

After a 33-minute cameo in his first Barcelona appearance against Vissel Kobe, Marcus Rashford came on again at half-time against Seoul and assisted Ferran Torres' late goal as the La Liga champions routed the South Korean side 7-3.

Things got even better in the following game against Daegu, where Rashford came off the bench and scored the fifth and final goal to open his account in Blaugrana colours.

The Englishman fired into the bottom corner from 12 yards under torrential rain before celebrating in muted fashion.

His strike completed the rout, as Gavi hit a double, Robert Lewandowski netted and Toni Fernandez struck.

The La Liga giants capped a successful pre-season with a 5-0 win over Serie A side Como.

Fermin Lopez scored twice to give his side a 2-0 lead before Raphinha added a third.

Lamine Yamal then came to the party, scoring two goals of his own to secure Barcelona's second 5-0 win in a row.

Goalkeepers: Joan Garcia, Diego Kochen, Wojciech Szczesny, Inaki Pena Sotorres

Defenders: Hector Fort, Gerard Martin, Jofre Torrents, Inigo Martinez, Andreas Christensen, Jules Kounde, Ronald Araujo, Eric Garcia, Pau Cubarsi, Alejandro Balde

Midfielders: Dro Fernandez, Gavi, Pedri, Frenkie De Jong, Dani Olmo, Marc Bernal, Guille Fernandez, Fermin Lopez, Marc Casado

Forwards: Marcus Rashford, Roony Bardghji, Lamine Yamal, Ferran Torres, Raphinha, Robert Lewandowski, Toni Fernandez

Rashford was selected in Flick's squad for the tour of Asia.

The big question surrounding the squad is who will start in goal come the start of the La Liga season.

Marc-Andre ter Stegen had been an ever-present for Barcelona in recent years, but there have been reports of dispute between the German shot-stopper, who requires surgery for a back injury, and the club.

In his place, Joan Garcia, Diego Kochen, Wojciech Szczesny and Inaki Pena Sotorres have all been included on the tour.

After the 3-1 win over Vissel Kobe in Japan, Hansi Flick said: "It was a very good match, a good test for us.

"The first 30 minutes were fantastic. After that we lost a bit of control, but the second half was also very good. I’m pleased."

"We have a lot of academy players. We’re very happy with them, like Jofre [Torrents] and Dro [Pedro Fernandez]."

Marcus Rashford made his debut for Barcelona in the match too and Flick explained why he only played 32 minutes.

"He’s a week behind the others. He hasn’t been training as much with the ball, and we want to look after him," he said.

After Rashford played through the middle as a central striker against Daegu, scoring his first goal for the club, Flick was about about the Englishman's best role.

"Rashford can play at number nine, at number 11. We put him in because Ferran (Torres) was having problems," he said.

Flick has already successfully assembled a dangerous front three in the form of Robert Lewandowski, Raphinha, and prodigious Spaniard Yamal.

However, he will have even more firepower at his disposal next season following the signing of England international Marcus Rashford on loan.

He has joined from Manchester United for the coming season, having scored 89 goals and registered 52 assists in 297 Premier League appearances.

Rashford insisted that he has come to Catalonia to become a better player.

"I am looking forward to helping and I want to win trophies," said Rashford. "One of the reasons I came is that motivation and the ambition to be a better player."

Following the opening pre-season victory over Vissel Kobe, Rashford said: "[It was a] very good performance, good to play in front of the fans and yeah, good fitness. So yeah, I'm looking forward to the next games, pleased that we could win the game today but of course the most important thing is just settling in and for the team getting the patterns in and playing good football, which I thought we did that in both halves, so. It's good, it's difficult in games like that when you change a team at halftime, but I thought we'd done well."

Speaking about his new manager Hansi Flick, Rashford said: "I think he can make me play good football and I think the reason I'm here is to help the team try to win. So yeah, i'm going to listen to whatever information I need to listen and try and put it into the game and help the team go forward."

Asked where he would rather play, he said: "Probably on the left, but I can play over different positions. This is one of my strengths, to play across the front line, so I play where the team needs me and try to score goals and create goals from those positions."

Rashford is the biggest name to have signed for Barca this season. He made his debut as a replacement against Vissel Kobe and then netted his first goal for the club in the win over Daegu.

The five-time UEFA Champions League winners have also added two goalkeepers to their ranks in the form of Joan Garcia, who signed from Espanyol, and Ander Astralaga.

Highly-rated teenager Roony Bardghji has also arrived from FC Copenhagen, and the Swede scored Barcelona's second goal against Vissel Kobe on debut, as he looks to prove he is ready for first-team minutes.

Apart from that, Barcelona have been uncharacteristically quiet in the transfer market.

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