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Barcelona boss Guardiola warns against complacency for Man Utd clash

Barcelona boss Pep Guardiola is demanding his players make the most of their Champions League final chance against Manchester United.

Guardiola, who was part of the Barca team that won the European Cup almost two decades ago at the old Wembley, is determined not to see any complacency creep in.

He said: "I hope that they (the players) feel it could be their last Champions League final.

"In 1992 we thought that we would never play a European Cup final again. I want my players to feel the same. We cannot waste this opportunity.

"We are so lucky to be in a final. We have to be conscious of the fact that although we have played two finals in the last three years, we could go another 20 years without making it to another.

"The older players in the squad can remember what it's like to go four or five years without winning anything.

"We need to be conscious of how hard it is to get there.

"If we don't realise how important the game is, then we will give United an advantage, and on top of that they also have an incentive to win having lost the final two years ago."

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