Full time: Barcelona 3-0 Athletic Bilbao
Barcelona have won the Copa del Rey in Pep Guardiola’s final game in charge

Barcelona: Pinto; Montoya, Pique, Mascherano, Adriano; Busquets, Xavi, Iniesta; Pedro, Messi, Alexis. Subs: Valdes, Bartra, Thiago, Keita, Afellay, Fabregas, Tello.

Athletic Bilbao: Iraizoz; Iraola, Ekiza, Amorebieta, Aurtenetxe; Martinez, De Marcos; Muniain, Susaeta, Ibai; Llorente. Subs: Raul, Toquero, San Jose, Gabilondo, Inigo Perez, Gurpegi, Ander Herrera.

GOAL! Barcelona 1-0 Athletic Bilbao (Pedro, 3 min): This has been one-way traffic from the off, and Barcelona have a deserved opener. Bilbao can’t live with them at all. They won a corner on the right when Pedro’s shot from eight yards out was desperately deflected wide, with Bilbao all over the place again, Adriano romping clear down the left and setting up the chance. Xavi took the corner from the right and more hapless defending saw the ball fall to Pedro’s feet 12 yards from goal, and this time he hammered it low past the helpless Iraizoz. Wake up Athletic, there’s a final going on around you.

GOAL! Barcelona 2-0 Athletic Bilbao (Messi, 20 min): Barcelona are giving Pep Guardiola the perfect send-off. This is simply gorgeous. Athletic Bilbao lose the ball in their own half, and it proves to be predictably fatal. Suddenly Iniesta finds himself with space in between the midfield and defence. With options left and right, he slides a precise pass through to Messi on the right side of the area. His first touch takes him slightly wide, but no matter, he just crunches an unstoppable finish high into the near post with his ‘wrong’ foot. They might not have won the league or the Champions League, but they remain a stunning side.

GOAL! Barcelona 3-0 Athletic Bilbao (Pedro, 25 min): Poor Athletic Bilbao. They have no answer when Barcelona in this sort of form. Another clever pass finds Xavi all alone on the edge of the area, the Barcelona midfielder having strolled through completely unnoticed. Why would you mark him anyway? He just flicks it back to Pedro and from 20 yards out, he just passed it into the bottom-left corner. Effortless. He barely looked like he was trying, but you know he was. Breathtaking stuff.

That’s it! Barcelona have won the Copa del Rey! Pep Guardiola ends the match sharing a hug and a content smile with Tito Vilanova. This was Barcelona at their best tonight and it’s brought them a fourth trophy of the season, and the 14th of Pep Guardiola’s at the club.

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