Barcelona secured the title of the Spanish League champion for the twenty-seventh time in its history and the first since 2019 on the land of its neighbor and host, Espanyol, by beating it 4-2, thus increasing the difficulty of his task to remain in the first division on Sunday in the thirty-fourth stage of the Spanish Football Championship.

Barcelona decided the outcome of the match in its first half by scoring a hat-trick, including a brace for its Polish international scorer Robert Lewandowski in the 11th and 40th minutes, raising its tally to 21 goals at the top of the scorers list, and a goal by defender Alejandro Balde is his first in the colors of the Catalan club (20).

The other French international defender, Jules Conde, strengthened Barcelona's lead in the second half with a fourth goal (53), while substitute Javi Boadu (74) and Joselu (90 + 2) scored the two goals of honor for the landowners (74).

Barcelona achieved the most important because it needed to win to clinch the title four stages before the end of the season, and had what it wanted, strengthening its position in the lead with 85 points, 14 points ahead of its traditional rivals, last season's champion, Real Madrid.

It is the second title for Barcelona, led by its coach, former international midfielder Xavi Hernandez, after the first in the local Super Cup competition earlier this year in the Saudi capital, Riyadh.

On the other hand, Espanyol's task of survival became more difficult after its score froze at 31 points in the penultimate nineteenth place.
"It's a great feeling, (from) a job well done," Xavi's coach told Movistar after the match.

He added, "Ten months of work and sacrifice. The fans deserve it, the club. This gives us stability and security that things are going well. We concluded LaLiga with a great match, and we were shining."

Espanyol rushed from the start, but without danger to the German goalkeeper Marc-Andre Ter Stegen, while Barcelona was the most dangerous and almost opened the scoring early through Pedri, who received a ball on a plate of gold from French defender Jules Conde inside the area, and hit it with his right next to the right post (6) .

And Lewandowski succeeded in giving Barcelona the lead when he took advantage of a cross for his country from the left, and followed it up with his left knee from close range into the empty goal (11).

Baldeh added the second goal, taking advantage of a cross pass to Pedri, which he followed with his left into the empty goal (20).

Lewandowski almost added his second and third personal goal to his team with a powerful, creeping left-footed shot that goalkeeper Pacheco pushed to a corner (24), before he did it in the 40th minute after a cross pass by Brazilian Rafinha from inside the area, followed by his left into the empty goal (40).

The former Barcelona international striker, Martin Braithwaite, wasted a golden opportunity to reduce the difference when he received a ball inside the area, which he prepared for himself, and hit it powerfully, which Ter Stegen sent to a corner that did not bear fruit (45).

Condé strengthened Barcelona's lead with a fourth goal with a header from close range, following a cross by Dutch international Frenkie de Jong (53).

Ter Stegen saved his goal from the goal of honor for the guests by blocking a powerful shot by substitute Javi Boadu (70).

Boadu succeeded in his second attempt when he received a ball behind the defense and Peter Stegen singled it out before playing it falling from outside the area into the empty goal (74).

Joselu scored the second goal in the second minute of stoppage time, taking advantage of a rebound with the left post.
Elche, who finished last and first to be relegated to the second division, served Real Madrid when they beat Atletico Madrid 1-0.

Videl scored the only goal of the match in the 41st minute.

It is only Elche's fourth win this season and it came only two weeks after it was officially relegated to the second division after losing to Almeria 1-2 in the last stage.

Elche stopped a series of three consecutive victories for the second pole of the capital and inflicted the seventh loss this season, providing a great service to the Royal Club by depriving Atletico of regaining second place.

Atletico Madrid snatched second place from Real Madrid by defeating Cadiz 5-1 and losing Real Madrid to Real Sociedad 2-0 in the last stage, but the men of Italian coach Carlo Ancelotti regained their position by beating Getafe 1-0 on Saturday and losing the men of Argentine coach Diego Simeone today. .

Atletico Madrid fell to third place with 69 points, two points behind Real Madrid and 13 points behind leaders Barcelona, who has the chance to win the title if it beats its neighbor and host Espanyol later.

Simeone said in a press conference after the match: "We made some mistakes, they were sharper than us and played a good match. We started badly, and when we had chances to come back to the score in the second half, we were not realistic."

He added, "I want to congratulate Elche for the commitment shown by its players despite their relegation to the second division, this is the beauty of football. They managed to score the goal that we gifted them. We have four matches left to secure a place in the Champions League, which is also an important goal and difficult to achieve year after year." general".

And Valencia breathed a sigh of relief by defeating Celta Vigo 2-

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Valencia scored early, specifically in the eighth minute, by Dutch striker Justin Kluivert, and Swiss international Haris Seferovic equalized for Celta Vigo at the beginning of the second half (60), before Alberto Mari snatched the winning goal for the guests two minutes before the end of the regular time.

Valencia's Brazilian defender Gabriel Paulista was sent off in the third minute of stoppage time by receiving a second yellow card.

Valencia took advantage of Almeria's loss against Osasuna 1-3 on Saturday, and Cadiz against Real Mallorca 0-1 on Friday at the opening of the stage, and Getafe against its host Real Madrid, with the same result yesterday, so it got rid of the eighteenth place, rising to the fourteenth, with 37 points, enhancing its chances of survival.

On the other hand, Celta Vigo suffered its third consecutive and fifteenth loss this season, so its balance froze at 39 points in thirteenth place.

And Seville continued its impressive results, led by its new coach, Jose Luis Mendelibar, when it beat its host Valladolid 3-0.

It is the sixth victory for Seville in eight matches led by Mendilibar, against the backdrop of the dismissed Argentine Jorge Sampaoli, in La Liga (he drew once and lost the same), so he rose to the tenth place with 47 points, with a difference between the two direct confrontations behind Osasuna the eighth and the winner over Almeria 3-1 on Saturday, with a difference The same against Athletic Bilbao, who suffered a humiliating loss at home to Villarreal 1-5 on Saturday as well.

Seville prepared well to host Juventus next Thursday in the second leg of the Europa League semi-finals, after imposing a 1-1 draw in the first leg in Turin, and it was just around the corner from returning with a Gal victory had it not been for the equalizing goal scored by the old lady's team in the last minute of time. overtime.

The stage ends on Monday with Real Betis meeting Rayo Vallecano.