Real Madrid, champion in La Liga! Barcelona loses 4-2 at Girona and the title goes to the great rival

It was the game in which Marc Andre Ter Stegen became the second foreign player with the most appearances in the Barcelona shirt, after Lionel Messi. The Argentinian played 778 games for the Catalans, the German 409, and the third is Dani Alves, with 408 games.

The game started extremely strong, and Barcelona opened the scoring after less than 3 minutes of play. Lamine Yamal served Andrea Christensen superbly and the Danish defender scored with a long corner kick.

The advantage of the Catalans lasted only a minute, the hosts managed to equalize very quickly. Ivan Martin crossed for Artem Dovbyk, who scored with a header, being unmarked in the area of ​​the small box.

In the 33rd minute, Joao Cancelo broke in on the left flank, crossed perfectly for Gundogan, who headed the crossbar.

In the last minutes of the first half, Barcelona received a penalty, after a foul on Lamine Yamal, right on the edge of the box. The referee reviewed the phase on the VAR monitor, and Robert Lewandowski calmly converted to make it 2-1 before the break.

In the second half, mistakes continued in Barcelona’s defense and Girona scored twice in just 2 minutes to turn the score around. Porto and Miguel Gutierrez sent the Spanish title to Madrid.

Porto doubled their lead in the 75th minute and Barcelona’s hopes were completely dashed. Girona – Barcelona ended 4-2, and the Catalans remain 14 points behind Real Madrid, with 4 stages to go, making it impossible to overtake them on points. With this win, the Girona revelation secured their presence in next season’s Champions League groups.

Girona – Barcelona: Starting teams:

• Girona: Gazzaniga – Eric Garcia, Lopez, Blind, Gutierrez – Tsygankov – Garcia, Herrera, Martin, Savio – Dovbyk

• Barcelona: Ter Stegen – Kounde, Araujo, Cubarsi, Cancelo – Gundogan, Christensen, Sergi Roberto – Yamal, Lewandowski, Fermin

Real Madrid needed a Barcelona misstep to win another title. Girona won, and Madrid won their 36th league title. Among the teams in the top 5 championships of Europe, only Juventus has reached such figures domestically (36 titles).

Carlo Ancelotti became the first coach in the world to win the title in all 5 top European championships 2 years ago. The Italian also won Serie A with Milan, Premier League with Chelsea, Bundesliga with Bayern and Ligue 1 with PSG.

The first title obtained by the group from Benabeu was in the 1931-1932 season, and since then years and years of glory have followed for the most famous club in the world. Title number 34 had been obtained 4 years ago, under the leadership of Zinedine Zidane, and title number 35 2 years ago, under the command of Ancelotti.

Although winning a title is a special moment, the Madrid players do not have much time to rest, because in 4 days they will play the second leg with Bayern Munich, from the semi-finals of the Champions League. After drawing 2-2 in the first leg, Ancelotti’s side need a win at the Bernabeu to reach the grand final.