In the early morning of April 18, Beijing time, the 32nd round of La Liga ended with four battles. In a focus battle in this round, Real Madrid took on Sevilla away from home. In several other matches, Espanyol away to Atletico Madrid, Bilbao at home to Celta and Granada at home to Levante.
Real Madrid beat Sevilla 3-2. Rakitic scored with a direct free-kick in the 20th minute of the match to give Sevilla a 1-0 lead. In the 25th minute, Lamela scored another goal and the score became 2-0. In the 50th minute Rodrigo pushed a shot through the middle of the road and Real Madrid chased the score to 1-2. Nacho, who had just debuted in the 82nd minute, scored and Real Madrid equalized 2-2. In injury time, Benzema scored a deadside goal and Real Madrid came back 3-2.
Atletico Madrid 2-1 Espanyol. In the 51st minute Carrasco clipped a defender's shot inside the penalty area and the score became 1-0. In the 73rd minute, Condoyabi was sent off for two yellows and one red for handball, atletico played one less person on the field, and De Thomas took a direct free kick to cause Oblak to leave, and the score became 1-1. In the final moments of injury time, De Thomas was awarded a penalty for handball and Carrasco scored a killer goal from the penalty spot.
Levante beat Granada 4-1 away from home. Gomez, Morales, Marsa and Caldado scored for the away team and home side Germain Sanchez was sent off in the 54th minute. In the other match, Celta beat Athletic Bilbao 2-0 away with goals from Aspars and Beltran.
Real Madrid, after defeating Sevilla, reached 75 points, and they are 15 points ahead of Barca, who have played two games less, and the suspense of la Liga title competition has become smaller and smaller this season. Sevilla are provisionally ranked 3rd with 60 points after losing, and atletico Madrid also have 60 points after winning the game, temporarily ranking 4th in the table.