Chapter 979 The Last Battle

Just two days after Barcelona lost the Derby de Centenario, the club's official website announced that head coach Guardiola had clearly informed the club that he would not renew his contract with the club after the end of this season and would officially leave Barcelona in June when his contract expired.

This news immediately caused an uproar around the world.

Guardiola is leaving Barcelona?

This news was like a thunderclap, ringing in the sky of European football, and many European giants have heard the news and moved.

The first to bear the brunt was Chelsea. After firing head coach Villas-Boas in March this year, Chelsea coveted Guardiola. After the Spaniard made it clear that he would leave Barcelona, ​​Chelsea's poaching plan was immediately implemented.

After the official announcement, the club also quickly organized a press conference. Chairman Rosell and sports director Zubizarreta accompanied head coach Guardiola to attend and announced the news of his resignation after the season in front of media reporters.

But surprisingly, technical director Zubizarreta also made it clear at this press conference that Guardiola's successor would be the club's assistant coach Tito Vilanova.

This news shocked Guardiola. In a subsequent interview, he said that he had never received any information about this, and he did not know that the club had locked in Vilanova as his successor, but he also made it clear that it was Vilanova's freedom to accept or not, and he only wished him the best.

But everyone could read Guardiola's surprise, loss, and even anger from his face.

He is not a fool, he knows very well that he has been kept in the dark.

But this is professional football!

The news of Guardiola's departure not only stimulated the European football world, but also greatly stimulated Barcelona.

After losing to Real Madrid at Camp Nou, the Dream Team III quickly slaughtered Rayo Vallecano 7-0 away, and then defeated Espanyol 4-0 in the derby, but in the last round they drew 2-2 with Malaga away.

This made Guardiola's last La Liga game somewhat unsatisfactory.

Compared with Guardiola's sadness, Chinatown's season ended well.

After eliminating Barcelona with a total score of 3-2 in the Champions League quarter-finals, Chinatown first defeated Bayern Munich 2-2-1 at home in the semi-finals, and then lost to the Bundesliga giants 1-2 away. Pochettino's team was very tenacious and fought evenly with Bayern Munich.

But after the extra time, the two sides entered the penalty shootout. The pressure on Chinatown players was obviously greater. In addition, Neuer performed bravely. Chinatown missed penalties continuously. Even though De Gea saved two penalties, it still lost 1-3 in the end.

This tragic defeat also made everyone realize a fact again that most of Chinatown's players are still young and not strong enough in psychological quality. Even mature players such as Rakitic, Pelle, Godin and Miranda have never proved themselves in European football, which makes them worry about gains and losses at critical moments.

After losing the penalty, Chinatown shed tears at the Allianz Arena and returned from Germany in disgrace.

In the La Liga, starting from the 32nd round, Chinatown first won Santander Racing 3-0, and then defeated Villarreal 2-1 away, but soon drew 1-1 at home and away with Real Sociedad and Osasuna.

After being eliminated from the Champions League by Bayern Munich, Chinatown quickly won a 1-0 victory over Valencia at home, defeated the Bats in the crucial battle for the top four in the league, and defended the fourth place in the league.

In the last two rounds of La Liga, they lost 1-2 away to Atletico Madrid and 1-0 at home to Sporting Gijon.

On the other hand, Valencia, after drawing with Real Madrid away, soon lost 0-4 away to Espanyol, and then lost to Chinatown away, and lost 0-1 away to Real Sociedad in the last round.

Although they won all home games, the poor away record forced the Bats to finally reap the bitter fruit.

After 38 rounds of the league, Real Madrid won the La Liga championship this season with 99 points. Mourinho's team failed to score more than 100 points, which was a great pity. Barcelona followed closely behind with 91 points.

There is no suspense about the third place in La Liga, which belongs to Atletico Madrid.

Although the Colchoneros cannot pose a threat to Real Madrid and Barcelona this season, their overall strength is still slightly better than other teams, and they are firmly ranked third in the league.

Chinatown ranks fourth in La Liga with 66 points, Valencia only got 58 points, ranking fifth in La Liga, followed by Malaga, Levante and Osasuna.

In the La Liga scorer list, the first place is Messi, who scored 50 goals in a single season. This amazing data made him surpass Cristiano Ronaldo, who scored 46 goals in a single Premier League season, and became the real scorer king in European football.

Following Messi is Chinatown's top scorer Aubameyang and Atletico Madrid's captain Torres, both players scored 24 goals each, tied for second place in the scorer list.

Higuain scored 22 goals and Diego Costa scored 21 goals. Real Madrid's offensive firepower is also quite outstanding. In the end, they were able to defeat Barcelona and win the league championship again after many years. The Galacticos finally ushered in a recovery.

With this league championship, Mourinho's position in Real Madrid has become more solid.

When La Liga comes to an end, so does Ligue 1.

Under the leadership of Gao Han, Paris Saint-Germain was unstoppable and won the league championship with a record of 38 victories without any danger. At the same time, it defeated Lyon in the French Cup final and won the French Cup championship.

In the Europa League championship battle, Gao Han and Emery staged a master-disciple duel, but in the end Gao Han was slightly better, defeating Emery's bat army with a score of 3-0 and winning the Europa League championship. , achieved the Triple Crown.

In the Champions League, Bayern Munich eliminated Chinatown in the semi-finals, and Manchester United, the Red Devils, defeated Manchester City with a difficult total score of 1-0, and both met in the Champions League final.

These two teams that had a feud more than ten years ago met again in the Champions League final, arousing the expectations of fans around the world.

Bayern Munich has an advantage in overall strength. Heynckes' team took the lead in breaking through Manchester United's goal. However, the Red Devils and Manchester United performed very tenaciously. Ferguson's team struggled to hold on until the last moment, and in stoppage time, with the help of Robin van Persie The goal equalized the score one to one.

It was Mkhitaryan who provided the assist for Van Persie.

Neither side scored a goal after that, and it entered a penalty shootout.

But this time Bayern Munich did not have such good luck. Although Neuer saved a penalty kick, Navas on the opposite side performed more bravely and saved two Bayern Munich penalty kicks to help the Red Devils win a penalty kick. Beat Bayern Munich and win the Champions League again.

After an absence of thirteen years, Manchester United once again defeated Bayern Munich and won the Champions League.

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On the evening of May 25th, Valencia Mestalla Stadium.

The game is about to start.

Barcelona's players ended their pre-match warm-up training and returned to the locker room one after another to make final preparations before the game.

Guardiola gently opened the locker room door, walked in, then turned around and closed it gently.

When he turned around, all the Barcelona players in the locker room looked up at him.

This is the last game in European football this season.

Guardiola walked slowly, step by step, in front of the players for what was his last game in Barcelona.

The opponent was Chinatown, a team that knocked them out of the Champions League.

He wants to win, not just because he wants revenge, but also because he wants to end his coaching career in Barcelona with a championship, even if it is a tasteless Copa del Rey.

"This is the last game." Guardiola said slowly, his tone was very calm, as gentle as he usually is.

"The opponent is very strong. They played well in the Champions League this season and finished fourth in the league. This game will definitely not be easy, but I have always believed that you are the best and most outstanding players in the world. Barcelona is The best team in the world, even now, I have no doubt about it.”

All the players listened to Guardiola quietly and looked at him silently.

"In the past period of time, I have been very disappointed with everyone's performance, which made me realize that we must make some changes, whether we want to or not, so my choice is to leave. This is a decision I made after careful consideration. ”

Guardiola's words are tantamount to denying the rumors from outside media.

Some people say that he is at odds with the management, some say that superstar players led by Messi and Ibrahimovic forced him to leave, and some say that he was poached by other wealthy teams, but now it seems that all this all fake.

"This is my last game in Barcelona. I hope everyone can grant me a small wish. I want to see a Barcelona full of passion, focus and resilience, can you?"

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At ten o'clock sharp, the whistle blew on time for the Copa del Rey final.

Guardiola was sitting in the coaching bench, while Gao Han was sitting in the stands. They both realized the difference in Barcelona tonight.

From the beginning of the game, Dream Team 3 was full of high fighting spirit. They showed their sharpness from the first second. Everyone was full of energy. They refused to give in in the face of Chinatown's pressing and oppression.

From the first minute, Gao Han realized that this game was probably out of reach.

In Guardiola's final game, his farewell game, Barcelona finally rediscovered the football they were famous for, and they finally showed their unstoppable strength.

Messi, Ibrahimovic, Pedro, Xavi, Iniesta, Busquets, Alves...

Less than a minute into the game, Xavi passed a wonderful pass to Messi. Messi almost scored, but a minute later Barcelona created murder again.

The first goal came in the third minute when Pedro opened the scoring for Barcelona.

After that, Barcelona was almost overwhelming Chinatown. Facing such a Barcelona team, Chinatown was simply unable to parry.

In the 20th minute, Iniesta assisted and Messi scored.

In the 25th minute, Harvey assisted again and Ibrahimovic scored.

In just half an hour, Barcelona did not leave even the slightest chance for Chinatown. It attacked like a violent storm, leaving Chinatown unable to parry.

Chinatown's first shot actually happened after zero to three, which shows how big Barcelona's advantage is.

And everyone knows that this half an hour is the real Barcelona.

This is the dream team that Guardiola pursues.

Half an hour later, Barcelona slacked off, but still firmly controlled the situation on the field.

Chinatown still performed better in the second half, counterattacked at one point, and even scored a goal, but in the end it failed to create a miracle again.

1:3, Chinatown lost the King's Cup final and missed the first championship trophy in the club's history.

This group of young Chinatown players shed tears on the field again.