

Mata, a World Cup winner with Spain in 2010, has joined Kobe after leaving Turkey's Galatasaray over the summer. Iniesta left Kobe in July after five years, having joined from Barcelona in 2018.
Iniesta failed to lead the Vissel to their first J-League title during his time in Japan but Mata immediately targeted silverware after being unveiled by the club.
"With the aim of winning the first league for Vissel Kobe, I will try my best to help the team win this trophy. To put one more trophy in my career and hopefully the first one of many in Japan," the 35-year-old told reporters.
Iniesta won Japan's domestic Emperor's Cup in 2019 and led Vissel to the semi-finals of the Asian Champions League a year later. Iniesta and Mata's World Cup-winning former teammate David Villa also played for Kobe for one season in 2019.