Barcelona legend Iniesta exits on a high at Nou Camp
ANDRES INIESTA waved goodbye to the Camp Nou and Barcelona as Philippe Coutinho’s stunning strike signed off the season with a 1-0 win over Real Sociedad.
Iniesta and long-serving Real Sociedad player Xabi Prieto received standing ovations on an emotional night for both teams.
Real Madrid manager Zinedine Zidane, meanwhile, handed his son Luca his debut in goal in Real Madrid’s 2-2 draw with Villarreal on Saturday.
Eintracht Frankfurt were crowned German Cup champions for the first time since 1988 thanks to a 3-1 victory over league winners Bayern Munich.
Mijat Gacinovic’s injury-time goal added to a brace from Ante Rebic sealed a historic cup victory for last year’s beaten finalists.
Germany fans will be encouraged ahead of the World Cup by the sight of Munich goalkeeper Manuel Neuer taking his place in the match-day squad for the first time since September.
Having suffered defeat to Atletico Madrid in the final of the Europa League on Wednesday, Marseille bounced back by beating Amiens 2-1 in their final Ligue 1 game.
It wasn’t enough, however, as Lyon’s 3-2 victory over Nice put them on 78 points, one ahead of Marseille, who will be playing the Europa League again next season.
Inter Milan avoided the same fate in Italy by coming from behind to beat Lazio 3-2.
Goals from Mauro Icardi and Matias Vecino in the last 12 minutes put Inter into fourth based on their head-to-head record with Lazio.
Reformed Parma will take their place in Serie A next season just three years after the club declared bankruptcy and were forced to rebuild from the bottom of Serie D.
A 2-0 win away to Spezia accompanied with Frosinone’s 2-2 draw with Foggia on home turf sealed a third straight promotion for the new-look Parma.
Cillian Sheridan was on target for Jagiellonia Bialystok in the final round of fixtures in the Polish Ekstraklasa but the Irishman’s 65th-minute winner wasn’t enough for the silverware.
ABANDONED
Legia Warsaw claimed their third consecutive title and fifth in six years despite their game with Lech Poznan being abandoned due to crowd trouble late on with the league leaders 2-0 to the good.
On the international stage, the Netherlands and Italy drew 2-2 in the U-17 European Championships final before the Dutch claimed the honours in a penalty shoot-out.
A goal from Ajax’s Brian Brobbey six minutes from time forced the game beyond the 80 minutes and Dutch keeper Joey Koorevaar produced two saves on their way to a 4-1 win.