SATURDAY, MAY 24, 2025
FC Barcelona clinch their 28th La Liga title with win over Espanyol
Published on May 16, 2025
By IANS
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- Barcelona — FC Barcelona have clinched their 28th La Liga title after a 2-0 win against Espanyol. The La Liga crown can now be added to the Spanish Super Cup and the Copa del Rey.
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- The 2024/25 season saw Barca winning their 28th league title, their 32nd Copa del Rey and the Spanish Super Cup, an unprecedented domestic treble.
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- The home side put up an impressive fight and Barca were far from their best, but an absolute stunner from Lamine Yamal in the 53rd minute and a second in the dying seconds of injury time from Fermin Lopez split the teams and sparked jubilation across the blaugrana universe.
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- Lamine Yamal scored the opener eight minutes into the second half with a trademark spectacular effort, cutting in from the wing and curling a shot into the far corner.
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- Espanyol defender Luis Cabrera was sent off 10 minutes from time after the VAR deemed his swinging arm into Yamal's stomach merited a direct red card.
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- Fermin Lopez sealed the win with Barca's second of the night, five minutes into injury time.
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- The win leaves Barcelona with 85 points, seven more than its closest rival Real Madrid, with just six points left to play for this season.
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- Elsewhere, Second-half goals from Gorka Guruzeta and Dani Vivian saw Athletic Bilbao win 2-0 at Getafe to ensure a place in next season's Champions League. The result keeps the Basque side in fourth place, three points clear of Villarreal.
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- A scrappy game opened up when Oihan Sancet came on as a second-half substitute for Athletic in the second half, with Guruzeta scoring from outside the area after 76 minutes and Vivian prodding home following a corner a minute from time.
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- The defeat means Getafe is still in slight danger of relegation after six consecutive defeats.
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- Third-placed Atletico Madrid returned to its Jekyll and Hyde form, as Diego Simeone's side lost 2-0 away to Osasuna.
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- Alejandro Catena's first-half opener and a late goal from Ante Budimir - taking his total for the season to 20 in La Liga - kept Osasuna in the battle to qualify for Europe next season, while Atletico paid for some poor finishing after having as many chances as its rival.
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- Rayo Vallecano remains eighth while Real Betis sealed sixth place after a 2-2 draw in Vallecas, which will leave both sides dissatisfied with the result.
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- Javi de Frutos' powerful free kick and Florian Lejeune's goal in injury-time put Rayo 2-0 up at the break, but Betis saved a point with second-half strikes from Cucho Hernandez and a penalty from Isco.
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