I must say this was probably my favorite weekend of football out of this whole season. It began with the Chelsea vs. Liverpool, FA Cup final. I was rooting for Chelsea, because I personally do not like Suarez....so go Blues! And what do you know, the Blues won! Two goals, one from Ramires and Drogaba. Andy Carroll also got on the score sheet, but it wasn't enough to take the FA trophy away from Chelsea. THOUGH there was a controversial goal in which Carroll heads in the ball, but the ref says that it didn't pass the line. But none the less, Cech made a great save and kept Chelsea in the game until the last minute. Now it's off to the Champions League, and to win that competition is super, super important. If they win the Champions League final, they can say they've had a pretty successful season after all they've been through. I mean if they can take home two prestigious trophies, the FA Cup the Champions League, how can you say that's not a successful season? Second they would automatically qualify for the Champions League next year. That seems to be their only chance to to qualify for the most prestigious tournament in Europe because they are in 6th place in the EPL. (I'm still rooting for Bayern Munich for the Champions League Final though).
Speaking of the EPL, the title race between United and City is STILL ON. Manchester City played first, away at Newcastle. Newcastle are a very strong side, and they were fighting in hopes of breaking into the top three. Unfortunately (and fortunately), Newcastle lost and Manchester City was able to win 2-0 with both goals from Yaya Toure. On the other ends of things, Manchester United played Swansea City and they stayed in the title race with a 2-0 also, with goals from Scholes and Young. It seems that the title race is really going to be decided based on the last game of the season. Manchester City are to play QPR and Manchester Untied are to play Sunderland. Let's see how this turns out.And in Serie A, the final winners of the league or Scudetto is Juventus! Juventus were able to take a 2-0 from Cagliari. While they were playing, the Milan derby (Inter vs. AC Milan) was going on and AC Milan lost to Inter 4-2, which caused the title to slip out of their hands. Finally after years of waiting, Juventus are finally Champions of Serie A, again.
Now to La Liga (this is where I got emotional). It was FC Barcelona vs. Espanyol (the Catalan derby). FC Barcelona was able to take a 4-0, all goals from the one and only Lionel Messi. A freekick, two spot kicks, and a great run gave him 50 goals during the La Liga season and a total of 72 goals during a European season. The Atomic Flea still has two more games to bag more goals. It's like he's unstoppable. But during the game and after the game is what got to me. This game was not only special because it was the Catalan derby, but also Josep Guardiola's last game at the Camp Nou as Barcelona's manager. When Messi scored his 4th goal, he went to Guardiola and gave him, I guess a farewell./thank you hug which was joined by the rest of his teammates. Now that's what I call mes que un club. After the match was the most emotional part. This was Guardiola finally saying goodbye as the manager to the supporters at the Camp Nou. I can't really explain it, but you can watch this video and see what I mean. You don' need to be able to understand Catalan to get the gist or the emotion, all you got to do is watch and be a supporter of FC Barcelona to understand. That's all. I've got to say a 4-0 win is a great way to send Guardiola off. Gracies Pep!
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