Spanish La Liga:
Barcelona were just two points away from clinching the La Liga title at the start of the round and they accomplished the task with a 4-2 victory in the Catalan derby against Espanyol. Barcelona took a commanding 4-0 lead but were denied a clean sheet as the match ended in a 4-2 win. Robert Lewandowski scored a brace as Barcelona became league champions with four games to spare.
LEAGUE STANDINGS – SPANISH LA LIGA
1 | Barcelona(C) ( 34 ) – 85 points
2 | Real Madrid ( 34 ) – 71 points
3 | Atlético Madrid ( 34 ) – 69 points
4 | Real Sociedad ( 34 ) – 62 points
5 | Villarreal ( 34 ) – 57 points
6 | Real Betis ( 34 ) – 55 points
7 | Girona ( 34 ) – 48 points
8 | Athletic Club ( 34 ) – 47 points
9 | Osasuna ( 34 ) – 47 points
10 | Sevilla ( 34 ) – 47 points
11 | Rayo Vallecano ( 34 ) – 46 points
12 | Mallorca ( 34 ) – 44 points
13 | Celta Vigo ( 34 ) – 39 points
14 | Valencia ( 34 ) – 37 points
15 | Almería ( 34 ) – 36 points
16 | Cádiz ( 34 ) – 35 points
17 | Valladolid ( 34 ) – 35 points
18 | Getafe ( 34 ) – 34 points
19 | Espanyol ( 34 ) – 31 points
20 | Elche(R) ( 34 ) – 19 points
[ 1 ] Mallorca || Pablo Maffeo 16' [ 0 ] Cádiz ------------------------------------- [ 2 ] Real Sociedad || Mikel Oyarzabal 5'(pen) David Silva 24' [ 2 ] Girona || Yan Bouto 37' Cristian Stuani 45+3' ------------------------------------- [ 3 ] Osasuna || Ante Budimir 46' Abde Essalzouli 51' Moi Gomez 81' [ 1 ] Almería || Lazaro 90+2' ------------------------------------- [ 5 ] Villarreal || Alex Baena 24' 90' Nicolas Jackson 37' 50' Aitor Paredes 61'(pen) [ 1 ] Athletic Club || Oihan Sancet 45+3' ------------------------------------- [ 1 ] Real Madrid || Marco Asensio 70' [ 0 ] Getafe ------------------------------------- [ 1 ] Celta Vigo || Haris Seferovic 60' [ 2 ] Valencia || Justin Kluivert 8' Alberto Mari 88' ------------------------------------- [ 1 ] Elche || Fidel Chaves 41' [ 0 ] Atlético Madrid ------------------------------------- [ 0 ] Valladolid [ 3 ] Sevilla || Rafa Mir 50' Alejandro Gomez 78' Jesus Corona 90+4' ------------------------------------- [ 2 ] Espanyol || Javier Puado 73' Joselu 90+2' [ 4 ] Barcelona || Robert Lewandowski 11' 40' Alex Balde 20' Jules Kounde 53' ------------------------------------- [ 3 ] Real Betis || Youssouf Sabaly 5' Ayoze Perez 44' Borja Iglesias 90+6' [ 1 ] Rayo Vallecano || Santi Comesana 52' -------------------------------------
Despite having the second leg of the Champions League semifinal on their minds, Real Madrid managed to prevent Getafe from earning any points to aid their relegation battle. Marco Asensio’s goal in the 70th minute secured a 1-0 win for Real Madrid.
A defeat to relegated Elche caused Atletico Madrid to slip from being one point ahead of Real Madrid to two points behind. As a result, Real Madrid moved up to 2nd place while Atletico Madrid fell to 3rd.
Relegated Elche handed Atletico Madrid their third defeat in 19 league games. The other two defeats came against Real Madrid and Barcelona. Fidel Chavez scored the only goal of the game in the 41st minute, securing a win for Elche against an Atletico Madrid side aiming to finish the season as the second-best team in the league.
Real Sociedad, being chased by Villarreal and Real Betis for their Champions League qualification spot, dropped two points in a 2-2 draw with Girona.
Villarreal hosted Athletic Club and secured a convincing 5-1 victory, moving five points clear in the race for Champions League qualification as things stand.
Sevilla continued their strong form with back-to-back league games scoring three goals and securing a win. After their 3-2 victory against Espanyol, they followed it up with a 3-0 away win against Valladolid.
Real Betis kept their Champions League qualification hopes alive with a win against Rayo Vallecano.
