French striker Thierry Henry will head Spanish giants Barcelona in a fight against jet lag, fatigue and former Japanese J-League champions Yokohama Marinos on Wednesday.
"Sometimes I arrive tired before the game. It also happened during the season. The most important thing is to perform for the team, so we can carry on working together as a unit," said Henry on Monday.
The Frenchman, who signed with Barcelona for the upcoming season as part of a spending spree totalling about 65 million euros, is expected to form an aggressive front line with Cameroon striker Samuel Eto'o and Brazil's Ronaldinho.
Barcelona coach Frank Rijkaard pledged to use Henry "in the best way," but did not reveal how. "Our goal is to show an impressive game to the fans, as usual," Rijkaard told reporters.
Henry, who scored a goal in his debut with Barcelona in an exhibition match in Scotland last month, said his aim for the season was to win "a lot of titles." When you are competitive while you are playing, especially when you are playing for Barcelona, you want to win everything," said Henry.
"We are working really hard right now to make sure we can do it. Hopefully, we can be successful this year. The most important thing is we will be happy at the end of the season," added the French forward.
Wednesday's game will be the third meeting between the two teams. When Barcelona played Yokohama two years ago, the team had only 13 players, including two goalkeepers, and matches were drawn 1-1 and 3-3.
This week's game is the second of Barcelona's three-game Asian tour after playing Beijing Guoan on Sunday, a match the Spanish side won 3-0.
They will also take on Mission Hills Invitation XI, a squad made up of players from Kitchee FC and Happy Valley FC, in Hong Kong on Friday.
