‘Double double’ delights Enrique

Barcelona head coach Luis Enrique said his side were deserving winners after they beat Sevilla 2-0 in Sunday night’s Copa del Rey final to complete another league and cup double.

Barca had to play for more than an hour with 10 men at the Vicente Calderon after Javier Mascherano’s first-half dismissal, but after Sevilla had also been reduced to 10 before extra-time with the sending off of Ever Banega, Jordi Alba finally broke the deadlock in the 97th minute.

Things got worse for Sevilla as Daniel Carrico was also sent off, before Neymar wrapped up Barca’s win in stoppage time.

“It was a spectacular finish to the season, not only because in the league we had to win every game at the end, but also in the cup final with a script that had us play for so long with 10 men,” said Luis Enrique.

“We have improved defensively, going many games without …

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