La Liga latest point report Barcelona leads Real Madrid to win the championship 7 points, Bilbao locks in the Champions League qualification

In the early morning of May 16, the 36th round of the 2024-25 season ended the final four games. After a fierce battle, Barcelona defeated Espanyol 2:0 away, Getafe lost to Athletic Bilbao 0:2 at home, Atletico Madrid lost to Osasuna 0:2 away, and Vallecano drew 2:2 at home with Real Betis.

After defeating Real Madrid in the last round of the national derby, the La Liga champion this season is basically what Barcelona can do. Today's away derby battle with Espanyol is still very stable. After the opening, Barcelona took the lead in the away game. In the 12th minute, Barcelona pressed in the middle of the frontcourt. Lewandon counterattacked the ball at the top of the penalty area and shook the defense and volleyed vigorously with his right foot. The ball slightly missed the post. In the 15th minute, Espanyol counterattacked from the left to create murderous intent. Romero sent a scalpel-like pass from the center line. Puado inserted the ball and broke into the penalty area to get a good opportunity to score a single shot, but he couldn't even grasp the single shot at the penalty point, and the push shot was saved by goalkeeper Szczesni. In the 30th minute, Barcelona pressed on the right, and Pedri dribbled the ball to the front of the penalty area and suddenly shot with an angry shot. The ball slightly missed the far post. In the 42nd minute, Barcelona still pressed on the right, Garcia made a pass from the bottom to the goal, Lewandowski turned around and shot from a close range in the small penalty area, but the ball was still slightly off. In the first half, Barcelona had the upper hand on the court, but was unable to score. The two sides fought each other 0:0 at halftime. After changing sides, Barcelona strengthened its attack. In just 7 minutes of the game, Barcelona pressed on the right. Olmer removed the ball from the side of the penalty area and passed it back. Yamal received the ball from a 45-degree angle and continued to cut in. He broke to the top of the penalty area. Yamal shot with his left foot. The ball was straight at the dead corner of the far end of the goal. Barcelona broke the deadlock 1:0. In the 79th minute, Cabrera gave Yamal a elbow when she was already stuck in the position while defending. After watching VAR, the referee also gave Cabrera a red card without hesitation. After Espanyol lost one person, it was even more difficult to pose a threat to Barcelona. At the last moment of stoppage time, Barcelona was pressed in the frontcourt, Espanyol defender rashly slipped the ball and did not touch the ball. Ferming passed the ball back, Yamal received the ball from the right front of the penalty area and easily got rid of the defense and made a clear pass. Ferming followed up and adjusted his steps and turned around and shot hard. The ball entered the net and Barcelona locked in the victory 2:0. In terms of the standings, after Barcelona won Espanyol, Real Madrid scored 7 points more, winning the La Liga championship this season two rounds ahead of schedule, which is also the 28th championship in the top league in their team history. After Atletico Madrid lost, Real Madrid also locked in second place. Athletic Bilbao won today, while Betis was unable to win. In this case, Athletic Bilbao became the fourth team to be qualified for the Champions League after Barcelona, ​​Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid. The competition for the last quota is less suspense as Betis draws. Villarreal is now 5 points more than Betis. In terms of the scorer list, Lewandowski returned today and wanted to score a Golden Boot, but he was in poor condition and failed to score, and he was still 3 goals behind Mbappe. It seems that Mbappe's Golden Boot is stable. After Budimir scored, he became the third player to score 20 goals in the season. He was 8 goals behind Mbappe, and he was even less likely to catch up with Mbappe.