After defeating Espanyol, Real Madrid won La Liga four rounds in advance, winning the 35th La Liga title in team history!
After 33 rounds, Real Madrid topped the table with 78 points, and against Espanyol, Real Madrid only needed to get 1 point to win the championship four rounds earlier. In preparation for the second leg of the Champions League semi-finals, Real Madrid made a significant rotation of the starting line-up. However, Rodrigo scored twice, Asensio scored a goal, and Real Madrid won four rounds in advance after winning.
This is the 35th La Liga title in real Madrid's history, topping la Liga teams, with second-place Barca winning 26 titles and Atletico only 11.
At the same time, this is the second time that Real Madrid has won the La Liga title in three years. This season, Real Madrid have won the Spanish Super Cup, La Liga and reached the semi-finals of the Champions League.
After winning two titles this season, Real Madrid have won 94 titles in their history, two more than Barca. After a no-brainer 2020-21 season, Carlo Ancelotti's coaching quickly got Real Madrid back on track.
For Real Madrid, it was the first time since the 1989-90 season that they had won the title four rounds earlier. Celebrating the arrival of the title at home is also the first time in 32 years that Real Madrid has done so, and since winning the home title in 2006-07, Real Madrid's next four titles have been away from home.
After the crushing defeat to Barca in the national derby, Real Madrid quickly returned to victory track, with La Liga winning five straight. Real Madrid also set many records in this campaign. First, Real Madrid continued their 26-year unbeaten run against Espanyol, with 22 wins and three draws in 25 home games.
Second, Real Madrid continued the record of never being double-killed by Espanyol since the 1995-96 season. Third, Real Madrid have beaten Espanyol 105 times in La Liga, setting a record for La Liga against the same opponent.
Fourth, Ancelotti continued the record of all wins against Espanyol in his real madrid career, winning all three La Liga games and one Copa del Rey. Fifth, Ancelotti won La Liga for the first time, thus becoming the first manager in history to win a title in all five major leagues.
Sixth, Alaba won La Liga for the first time, winning the league for 10 consecutive seasons. Seventh, after keeping a clean sheet for Espanyol, Courtois has conceded an average of 0.76 goals per game this season and is expected to win the Zamora Prize. Eighth, Asensio scored his 12th goal of the season, setting a personal single-season scoring record.
After becoming a double, the Champions League will be Real Madrid's next target. First of all, they have to pass the Manchester City barrier at home!