Pep Guardiola will play his last match with FC Barcelona on Friday night against Athletic Bilbao in the Copa del Rey. Barcelona's last hope to win a title with their coach.
After four seasons on the bench of FC Barcelona, Pep Guardiola will play his last game for the Blaugrana tonight in Copa del Rey. He will face Athletic Bilbao to try to win one last title with the Spanish team. After four seasons, the coach has already won 13 out of 18 possible titles, an impressive statistic. Pep Guardiola will therefore leave FC Barcelona. "Four years as coach, is an eternity. I'm drained and I have to rest" he said to reporters in announcing his departure. With two Champions League titles and three Champions of Spain in particular, Pep Guardiola has left its mark in club history. It's a real blow for FC Barcelona, which lost a great coach class at the end of 2011-2012 season.
For this last match, Guardiola faces Athletic Bilbao therefore, remains a defeat by Atletico Madrid in the Europa League. Coached by Marcelo Bielsa, the club fulfill its trophy cabinet. It will be a difficult task but not impossible: tonight's game promises a good meeting. Anecdote, Pep Guardiola has won his first title with FC Barcelona in 2009 during a Copa del Rey final. Ironically, the people of Barcelona had to face Athletic Bilbao! Pep Guardiola can finish off and close the loop as they say, to add a fourth and last title under his belt. Whatever the outcome of the game, no doubt that the coach has a nice ovation. You watch the final of the Copa del Rey tonight?
