I hope, after such a long time, it will be a memorable occasion”

This Sunday, the Camp Nou will say goodbye to one of its great legends.

After 16 seasons in the first team, Andres Iniesta puts on a Barcelona shirt for the last time in the game against Real Sociedad.

A special farewell with mosaic included.

It’ll be the high point in the celebrations for Ernesto Valverde’s side’s special double-winning season.

Having seen their unbeaten record come to an end at Levante last time out,

Barça will want to finish the season in the best possible style.

A win would be the ideal way for the Catalan club’s legendary number ‘8’ to end his reign at the Camp Nou.

“We’ve got one more game at home. It’ll be Andres’s last match.

We’ll be going all out to play as well as we can and give him the farewell he deserves”

Barcelona will be up against a Real Sociedad side determined to finish LaLiga among the top ten teams in the table.

The team has improved radically since the arrival of Imanol Alguacil in the dugout.

They’ve won 5 of their last 8 games.

And beat Leganes 3-2 last weekend. That game featured Xabi Prieto, another of this season’s

legendary veterans, making his last appearance at the Anoeta.

There’s a chance he might play his last minutes in the top flight of Spanish football at the Camp Nou this Sunday.

The captain of the Txuri urdin, despite scoring last time he visited the Barça ground, has lost all twelve games

he’s played at the Camp Nou in the course of his career.

Real have lost 19 times away in LaLiga to the Catalan club.

Even worse, since they drew 1-1 in the 1994/95 season, when Imanol was still running around in shorts.

The last time the two teams met, earlier in the season, Barcelona came out on top.

Having gone 2-0 down, Valverde’s side made a strong comeback to eventually triumph 4-2.

The curtain goes down on the 2017/2018 LaLiga season at the Camp Nou.

It promises to be a thrilling game, featuring two out of the three top scoring teams in the championship.

A game in which Leo Messi, still in search of goals, will finish LaLiga as top scorer for the fifth time in his career.

Although, for one time in his life, the Argentinian will have to take a back seat.

Because more than anything this will be Andres Iniesta’s game.

A legendary player who will be leaving with his head held high

and with the love and respect of the entire Spanish footballing world.