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Marcus Rashford scored the decisive goal as Barcelona clinched the La Liga title, marking Real Madrid's second consecutive season without a trophy. The match, attended by 62,000 fans, highlighted Madrid's ongoing crisis after a recent incident involving players Fede Valverde and Aurélien Tchouaméni.
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This time it was Marcus Rashford who delivered the knockout blow. Three days after the fight between Fede Valverde and AurĂ©lien TchouamĂ©ni that ended with Real Madridâs vice captain taken to hospital and the crisis at the club laid painfully bare for all to see, they went to the Camp Nou and finally relinquished the league title they lost long ago. For the first time in 94 years a meeting of sportâs greatest rivals decided La Liga, 62,000 fans starting the party as goals from the Englishman and Ferran Torres took Hansi Flickâs team over the line with three games to spare.
For Madrid, at least it was over, nothing left to hold on to. They had avoided it happening last week by beating Espanyol, just across the city limits, sparing themselves from having to hand their rivals a guard of honour before the game but they knew they couldnât avoid it for ever. Now all they could aspire to was preventing them from beginning the title party in their presence, but like so much else this campaign that was beyond them, and so a second successive season closes without a trophy, and on the worst possible stage.
Barcelona had taken the first step on the night early, the opening goal coming on just nine minutes and never looked back.
If this is to be just a one-year loan, what a way to sign off: with a clĂĄsico goal to win the championship. And what a goal, too. From the right edge of the Madrid area, Rashford stood over the ball. Before him, four men in the wall, another lying on the turf behind it, and, behind them, the best goalkeeper in the world. None of them could stop him, a superb free-kick flying in a long arc outwards and into the far corner. The Englishman raced towards the bench, pursued by his teammates. It was his 14th goal of this season in Spain; there have been 14 assists too.
Speaking of assists, the one that Dani Olmo provided for Barcelona to double the lead ten minutes later was gorgeous. Leaping to connect with the clipped ball into the Madrid box, he guided it, on the volley, through his legs to Torres. Alone near the penalty spot, Torres controlled and smashed it past Thibaut Courtois. The place went wild, smelling blood.
While this looked like it might get ugly for Madrid â if no more ugly than their week had already been â they did react while Barcelonaâs front-footed approach meant there was a path to pursue too. So it was that Gonzalo GarcĂa should have pulled one back when a RaĂșl Asencio ball in behind Pau CubarsĂ set him clean through only for the shot to slip wide. A moment later, Jude Bellingham almost escaped to set up VinĂcius JĂșnior.
Pedri sought to provide a little more control and when they did, the olĂ©s followed. Which didnât mean Barcelona only played for playingâs sake. In fact, they were better this way. A sharp turn saw Torres drop deep and release Rashford up the right, and when Rashford is released no one can catch him â including his teammates. The fastest player in raced clear and while he could have laid it across to FermĂn LĂłpez, his teammate still had not quite arrived into position. Rashford struck hard, low, and just beyond the far post. Courtoisâ touch had been decisive and from the corner, Olmo sliced wide.
Marcus Rashford scored a crucial free-kick goal that helped Barcelona secure the La Liga title against Real Madrid.
The match was significant as it decided the La Liga title for the first time in 94 years and marked Real Madrid's second consecutive season without a trophy.
Fede Valverde and Aurélien Tchouaméni were involved in a fight that resulted in Valverde being taken to the hospital, highlighting a crisis at Real Madrid.
Barcelona won the match 2-0, with Rashford scoring the opening goal and Ferran Torres adding a second shortly after.
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Marcus Rashford scores the opener to set Barcelona on their way to the title. Photograph: Albert Gea/Reuters
The second half brought an early confrontation when Olmo pushed over Asencio, and the players pilled in, AurĂ©lien TchouamĂ©ni hanging back. Then a Trent Alexander-Arnold ball found Bellingham was laid out by a stray elbow from Eric GarcĂa. Next there were words between Gavi and Bellingham. Perhaps surprisingly, this was still a game.
Torres might have made it 3-0, only for Courtois to stretch out a foot to deny him. When Bellingham controlled DĂazâs pass and scored just after the hour, the flag was up. One of five men offside, Bellingham knew as much, left tearing at his shirt in frustration. Almost immediately, CubarsĂ made a mess of a simple long ball from Asencio to allow VinĂcius in. The Brazilian, though, was unable to lift over Joan GarcĂa. Gerard MartĂn, so often the man tidying up, then had to chase down DĂaz.
Time slipped away, and as Barcelonaâs control returned so too did the olĂ©s, the expression of an incontestable superority that lasted almost all season long. Soon they were followed by a chorus of âcampeones, campeonesâ. There was a round too of âMadrid, you bastards, salute the championsâ. Twice Barcelona might have scored again but it did not matter, the roar huge at the whistle.
Up in the directorsâ box sat the president of the league, Javier Tebas, and the president of the Spanish football federation, Rafael LouzĂĄn, here on official duty. Alongside them, was the president of the international boxing federation, Mauricio SulaimĂĄn. Florentino PĂ©rez, the president of Real Madrid, was not. When it was all over â the clĂĄsico and the title race â they came down, handed out the trophy and the celebrations began. By then, Madrid had departed. They had done some time ago.