Well well well......everybody said that we were tired...... exhausted...... not up to the task..... well a 4-1 demolition of Athletic Bilbao on Wednesday proved differently!! This weekend, Barça will travel to the sunny island of Mallorca, and all they need is 1 point to be crowned La Liga Champions! There is however the match at El Madrigal, Villarreal vs Real Madrid on Saturday night, and if the current Champions fail to win then Barça will be crowned champs before they even step onto the field on Sunday night!!
Back to the cup final, it was an amazing performance!! Athletic went ahead after 8 minutes from a header from Toquiera from a corner.... one of very few weak spots the Blaugrana have is from set plays, but it's nothing too much to worry about! Barça dominated possession, pinning the Basques back until finally breaking the deadlock with an excellent individual moment from Yaya Toure, and from that point onwards they were in full control and Jose Manuel Pinto was hardly tested! The second half started.... and same story, it took only 10 minutes for Leo Messi to bang the Blaugrana ahead 2-1 and that was pretty much it! Bojan added his name to the score sheet, and to put the icing on the cake, local boy Xavi Hernandez bent a supurb free kick into the top corner of the goal!!
Credit to the Bilbao fans, they continued to cheer on their team and it was an excellent spectacle for both teams, and both sets of fans. The final whistle went and the Barça players paid their respects to Athletic Bilbao and their fans, before the celebration ensued!!
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