Football: Barca give Guardiola perfect send-off

MADRID: Barcelona gave Pep Guardiola the perfect send-off on Friday, beating Athletic Bilbao 3-0 in Madrid to win the Spanish Cup in the coach’s last match in charge. Lionel Messi and a Pedro Rodriguez double finished off the Basque side and delivered Guardiola his final trophy at the club. “Fourteen titles in four years is a very high standard so I am very happy to leave the club in a good position, and we played great, we’ve had a good year with four titles so I leave very satisfied,” said Guardiola .

Published in The Express Tribune, May 27^th, 2012.