Barcelona bid a grand farewell to Pep Guardiolla

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      Barcelona bid a grand farewell to Pep Guardiolla in his last match by winning the Copa Del Ray/King’s cup final hammering Athletic Bilbao in a 3-0 margin at Vicente Calderon, Madrid lastnight. European club football season has come to an end by that competition now .

        The Catlan giant seal the game & secure the trophy within 24 minutes of the first half. Pedro scores twice in 2^nd & 24^th minute of the match, Messi scores the rest in 19^th minute of the game, 73^rd goal for Messi in Barcelona this season.

      This is Barcelona’s 26^th triumph in Copa Del Ray while Athletic Bilbao are the second successful team in Copa Del Ray’s history by winning 23 times.

Just few days ago Athletic Bilbao lost in the Europa final against Atletico Madrid, so somewhere it looks like they can’t re-settle & organize themselves for another major final. If Barca could utilize all those goal scoring opportunities Marcelo Bielsa's side would have fallen further behind.

     The win, a 14th trophy for Guardiola in four years, 15th final on the Barça bench since the 41-year-old took the post in 2008, proved himself the most successful Barcelona coach as he brings his legacy to an end, leaving the responsibility to Tito Vilanova.

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