Madrid — It will be a weekend of goodbyes in Spain as La Liga season draws to a close, with Barcelona’s Andres Iniesta and Atletico Madrid’s Fernando Torres set to play their last games for their boyhood clubs. Champions Barca will look to give Iniesta the perfect send-off when they host Real Sociedad on Sunday. The midfielder, 34, recently announced he would leave the club he has been at since the age of 12, with local media reporting he will move to Japan in the close season. The club will pay an emotional tribute to its captain with an elaborate mosaic reading "Infinite Iniesta" in Catalan displayed by fans in the Nou Camp stadium. Barca lost their first league game of the season last weekend away to Levante, denying them the chance to finish the campaign unbeaten. Coach Ernesto Valverde, however, believes that nothing should detract from his double-winning side’s achievements this season. "These things seem easy and they’re not," he said. "We managed to get as far as we did. Of ...
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