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BFFs Gerard Pique and Carles Puyol celebrate this season's final victory

( The Copa del Rey: Pep's first and final trophy as manager of Barcelona )


(  And, of course, there were locker room photos. )

Now it's off to the Euros for many of the Spanish players from both teams, who will miss tomorrow's friendly game against Serbia due to the late date of this Copa final. We won't see our boys in blaugrana again until the start of next season - when hopefully they will all arrive well-rested, injury-free, and ready to reclaim the Spanish league.

( Messi didn't manage to score, despite many attempts. )


(  But he kicked a beautiful long ball to Cesc, who did! )


( And Cesc also gave a great assist to Xavi, who scored the second goal! )


(  Cesc, you've completely redeemed yourself! You were my Man of the Match! )


( Even Pinto played well today! )


We won the match 2-0 and advanced to the Copa del Rey finals against Athletic Bilbao in May!

(  And finally, is it just me, or does Pique make this team look like Snow White and the Seven Dwarves? )