Lewandowski passes century as champions Barca sign off in style
La Liga champions Barcelona celebrated a successful season with a 3-0 win at Athletic Bilbao on Sunday in their final match, with Robert Lewandowski netting twice to pass his 100 goal milestone for the club.
The veteran Polish forward, 36, reached 27 league goals for the season, although he finished behind Real Madrid's Kylian Mbappe on 31.
Barcelona wrapped up a domestic treble with Copa del Rey and Spanish Super Cups wins, while fourth-place Athletic also had a fine season and returned to the Champions League for the first time in 11 years.
Athletic defender Oscar de Marcos made his 570th and final appearance for the club, behind only Jose Angel Iribar, a goalkeeper who played 614 times in the 1960s and 70s, in the club's history.
Even Iribar might not have saved Lewandowski's opener after the striker was fed by Fermin Lopez, brilliantly scooping over current Bilbao goalkeeper Unai Simon to put Barca ahead and rack up the Catalans' 100th league goal of the season.
It also brought up a century of goals for Lewandowski in a Barcelona shirt since joining in 2022 from Bayern Munich, and another was soon to follow.
Thre e minutes later Lewandowski nodded in at the back post after a corner was flicked into his path. 'I am very happy, very proud to be part of this team, this club, it's been something amazing,' Lewandowski told Barca One.
'I try to do my best, not only with goals but my attitude on and off the pitch -- and there are so many young players we have to take care of them.
'We did something great (this season) but we know we can still do a lot (more) things.' Lewandowski missed two good chances in the second half as Barca tried to stretch their lead and sign off in style.
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