Real Madrid have secured themselves with world champion and midfielder Toni Kroos his 33rd championship in Spanish football. Now the Royal dream of the coronation in the Champions League.
Almost 14 days before the eagerly awaited Champions League final against Juventus, world champions Cristiano Ronaldo won at FC Malaga on the 38th and final day of the Primera Division 2-0 (1: 0).
Real kept his arch rival FC Barcelona from his body with the win. The title defender completed the season in the home of Camp Nou with a 4: 2 (0: 1) success after a 2-0 defeat by SD Eibar. Barca finished second with a gap of three points.
Barcelona’s last chance for a season title will be the cup final against CD Alaves next Saturday. In the Champions League the team of the outgoing coach Luis Enrique in the quarterfinal failed at Juventus.
“We’re Real Madrid, we’re the best – we want to be champions,” Ronaldo had said in the usual manner before the showdown. He himself (2) and Karim Benzema (55) confirmed with their goals the prediction of the Portuguese European champion and brought the first league title since 2012 for Real under roof and compartment.
However, in the event of a tie, Barca would have won the title again, as the Catalans were better in a direct comparison. On the 3rd of June, the Madrilenians will be able to make their first double of championship.
For Kroos, who a few days ago still left a return to the Bundesliga vehemently, it was after the triumph in the royal class the second great success with Real since its change from Bavaria Munich to the Spanish capital.
Superstar Lionel Messi could not compromise the team of coach Zinedine Zidane with Barcelona. Which in the meantime Real had been vigorously angered in the meantime and had been 3-2 at the Clasico in the Estadio Bernabeau last month. Marc-Andre ter Stegen’s team, whose contract will soon be extended at Barca. It is also qualified as the champion of the group stage of the Champions League.
Atletico Madrid, who won 3: 1 against Athletic Bilbao in a tearful farewell to Estadio Vicente Calderon, is again in the royal class. In the qualification, FC Sevilla, who had already downgraded CA Osasuna 5: 0 on Saturday. They will be able to secure a ticket for the most important club competition in Europe as the fourth Spanish club.