Barcelona assured its 28th LaLiga title on Thursday when they beat the Rivals of the Espanyol 2-0 city, ensures an impregnable advantage of seven points at Real Madrid of the second place with two games to play.
After a 4-3 defeat in Barcelona on Sunday, the Real needed to win his last three games and expect the leaders not won more than one point in the same period to set up any mathematical possibility of claiming the title.
However, his thin hope hopes vanished when Lamine Yamal curved an excellent shot in the back of the network in the 53rd minute, with Fermin López to ensure victory by hitting a loose ball inside the five -minute box in the detention time.
The result led Barça to 85 points, seven before the champions of last last season, with Atlético de Madrid third in 70 points. He has a notable first season at Barça for coach Hansi Flick, since his team has won the double of Ligla and Copa del Rey.
The Catalan team said the league trophy will be presented on Friday during a special celebration in the city.
Barça was seconds to celebrate the title without stepping on the field on Wednesday until Real scored a late winner against Mallorca to keep his thin hope alive.
But Barça Tok takes care of business with a very close victory in Espanyol.
The hosts were possibly the best side in a first half that was without goals thanks to Barça’s goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny, who made a brilliant reflex saved to deny an effort of Javi struck by a narrow remote.
Just when it seemed that Barça had no ideas about how to break down to its opponents, it was the feeling of teenagers Lamine Yamal who worked their magic, writing down a surprising goal with what is becoming its characteristic movement.
The 17 -year -old took the ball in the right touch line and made an excellent parallel lateral race to the edge of the box before unleashing a curly blow between two defenders and in the upper corner.
The objective worked as a impulse of trust as a control of Tok Barca and, after Leandro Cabrera was sent with a straight red for Yamal elbow in the body in the 80th minute, the López substitute finished the victory to begin the celebrations of the title.
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