Chapter 981: The Last Battle

Just two days after Barcelona lost the derby of the century, the club's official website announced that manager Pep Guardiola had clearly conveyed to the club that he would not renew his contract with the club after the end of the season and would officially leave the Barcelona position in June, when his contract expired.

The news immediately caused an uproar around the world.

Pep Guardiola leaving Barcelona?

This news is like a thunderbolt, sounding in the sky above European football, and many European giants have heard the news.

First and foremost was Chelsea, who were salivating over Pep Guardiola after sacking manager Villas-Boas in March, and were immediately put into action after the Spaniard made it clear he would leave Barcelona.

Soon after the official announcement, the club also organized a press conference, in which President Rosell and Sporting Director Subisareta accompanied manager Pep Guardiola to announce the departure after the season in front of media reporters.

Surprisingly, technical director Subisareta also made it clear at this press conference that Guardiola will be replaced by the club's assistant coach Tito Vilanova.

Guardiola was shocked by the news, and he said in a subsequent interview that he had never been informed of this, and he did not know that the club had locked up Vilanova as his successor, but he also made it clear that he would not accept that this was Vilanova's freedom, and that he had only blessings.

But everyone can read from Guardiola's face the surprise, loss, and even anger in his heart.

He's not stupid, and he's well aware that he's been kept in the dark.

But that's professional football!

The news of Pep Guardiola's departure has not only stimulated European football, but also Barcelona.

After losing to Real Madrid at Camp Nou, the Dream Tri quickly thrashed Rayo Vallecano 7-0 away and then thrashed Espanyol 4-0 in the derby, but drew 2-2 away to Malaga in the final round.

This left Pep Guardiola's last La Liga game somewhat unsatisfactory.

Compared with Pep Guardiola's pathos, Chinatown's season ended well.

After knocking out Barcelona 3-2 on aggregate in the quarter-finals of the Champions League, China City defeated Bayern Munich 2-2-1 at home in the semi-finals, and then lost 1-2 away to the Bundesliga giants.

However, after extra time, the two sides entered a penalty shoot-out, and the pressure on Chinatown's players was obviously greater, coupled with Neuer's courageous performance, Chinatown lost consecutive points, even if De Gea saved two penalties, but in the end they still lost 1-3.

The defeat also reminded everyone of the fact that most of Chinatown's players are still young and not mentally tough enough, and even mature players such as Rakitic, Pelle, Godin and Miranda have never proven themselves in European football, which has led to their gains and losses at crucial moments.

After losing the penalty, Chinatown burst into tears at the Allianz Arena and returned from Germany.

In La Liga, from the beginning of the 32nd round, China Town beat Racing Santander 3-0 and then beat Villarreal 2-1 away, but soon it was two 1-1 draws at home and away with Real Sociedad and Osasuna.

After being knocked out of the Champions League by Bayern Munich, Chinatown quickly beat Valencia 1-0 at home, beating the Bats in a crucial top-four tie to defend fourth place in the league.

The last two rounds of La Liga lost 2-1 away to Atletico Madrid and 1-0 at home to Sporting Gijón.

Valencia, on the other hand, drew with Real Madrid away, and soon lost 0-4 away to Espanyol, then lost to China City, and lost 0-1 away to Real Sociedad in the last round.

Despite winning all of them at home, the poor away record made it difficult for the Bats to reap the bitter consequences in the end.

At the end of 38 league games, Real Madrid won the La Liga championship this season with 99 points, and Mourinho's team failed to break 100 points, deeply regretting, followed by Barcelona with 91 points.

There is no suspense in the third place in La Liga and it belongs to Atletico Madrid.

Although the Sheets have not been able to pose a threat to Real Madrid and Barcelona this season, they are still slightly better than other teams and are firmly in third place in the league.

Chinatown is fourth in La Liga with 66 points, Valencia is fifth in La Liga with 58 points, followed by Malaga, Levante and Osasuna.

In the La Liga scorer list, the number one is Messi, who has scored 50 goals in a single season, and this astonishing statistic has made him surpass Cristiano Ronaldo, who has scored 46 goals in a single season in the Premier League, and has become a veritable top scorer in European football.

Behind Messi are Chinatown's top scorer Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Atletico Madrid's captain Fernando Torres, both of whom are tied for second place on the scorer chart with 24 goals each.

Higuain scored 22 goals, Diego Costa scored 21 goals, and Real Madrid's attacking firepower was also quite good, and finally they were able to beat Barcelona and regain the league title after many years, and the Galaxy finally ushered in a recovery.

With this league title, Mourinho's position at Real Madrid has also become stronger.

When La Liga came to an end, Ligue 1 was also over.

Paris Saint-Germain, under the leadership of Gao Han, won the league championship with a record of 38 victories, and also defeated Lyon in the French Cup final to win the French Cup.

In the Europa League title battle, Gao Han and Emery staged a master-apprentice duel, but in the end, Gao Han was slightly better, defeating Emery's Bat Army with a score of 3-0, winning the Europa League and achieving the treble.

In the Champions League, Bayern Munich, who eliminated China City in the semi-finals, and Manchester United, who eliminated Manchester City 1-0 on aggregate, will both reach the Champions League final.

These two teams, who had a feud more than a decade ago, met again in the Champions League final, which aroused the expectations of fans around the world.

Bayern Munich had the upper hand, with Heynckes' side opening the scoring for United, but the Reds were tenacious and Alex Ferguson's side struggled until the end and equalised in stoppage time thanks to Robin van Persie's goal.

It was Mkhitaryan who provided the assist for Van Persie.

Neither side could score, and it went to penalties.

But this time Bayern Munich did not have such good luck, although Neuer saved a penalty, but the opposite Navas showed more courage, saving two penalties from Bayern Munich, helping the Red Devils beat Bayern Munich with penalties and won the Champions League again.

After 13 years of absence, Manchester United defeated Bayern Munich again and won the Champions League.

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

The race is about to begin.

The Barcelona players finished their pre-match warm-up training and returned to the dressing room to make final preparations before the game.

Pep Guardiola gently pushed open the door to the dressing room, walked in, and turned to close it gently.

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

This is the last game of the season in European football.

Slowly, step by step, Guardiola walked in front of the player, who was in his last game at Barcelona.

The opponents are Chinatown, a team that knocked them out of the Champions League.

He wants to win, not just for revenge, but because he wants to end his coaching career at Barcelona with a title, even if it's the Copa del Rey.

"It's the last game. Guardiola said slowly, in a very calm tone, as he usually does, gentle and elegant.

'The opponents are very strong, we have played well in the Champions League this season, we finished fourth in the league, it will not be easy, but I have always believed that you are the best players in the world and Barcelona are the best team in the world, even now, I have no doubt about that. ”

All the players listened quietly to Guardiola and watched him silently.

"I was disappointed with the performance of people for a while and it made me realise that we had to make some changes, whether we wanted to do it or not, so my choice was to leave, and it was a decision that I made after a lot of thought. ”

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

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

"This is my last game at Barcelona and I hope that you can fulfill one of my little wishes, I want to see a Barcelona team full of passion, focus and resilience, can I?"

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At ten o'clock, the Copa del Rey final whistled on time.

Pep Guardiola sat in the dugout, while Gao Han sat in the stands, and they both realised the difference Barcelona made tonight.

From the very beginning of the game, the Dream Three team was full of high morale, they were sharp from the first second, everyone was full of energy, and they did not give an inch in the face of Chinatown's pressing and oppression.

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

In Pep Guardiola's final game, in his farewell game, Barcelona finally rediscovered the football they relied on to become famous for, and they finally showed their unstoppable quality.

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

Less than a minute into the game, Xavi sent a brilliant pass to Messi, who almost scored, but Barcelona made another chance a minute later.

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

After that, Barcelona almost pressed Chinatown to play, and in the face of such a Barcelona, Chinatown was simply unable to parry.

In the twentieth minute, Andres Iniesta assisted and Messi scored.

In the 25th minute, it was Xavi who assisted and Ibrahimovic scored.

In just half an hour, Barcelona did not leave even the slightest chance for Chinatown, and the attack was like a storm, making Chinatown unable to parry.

Chinatown's first shot came after 0-3, which shows how much advantage Barcelona has in the game.

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

This is the dream three team that Guardiola is pursuing.

Half an hour later, Barcelona slackened but were still firmly in control of the situation.

Chinatown still performed better in the second half, once played a counterattack, and even scored a goal, but in the end it was not able to create another miracle.

1-3, Chinatown lost the Copa del Rey final and missed out on the first trophy in the club's history.

This group of young Chinatown players once again burst into tears.

(End of chapter)