In the early morning of May 15, Beijing time, the 34th round of the 2022-23 La Liga season replayed four more games. After some battles, Barca beat Espanyol 4-2 away, Elche beat Atletico Madrid 1-0 at home, Sevilla beat Valladolid 3-0 away and Celta Vigo lost 2-1 at home to Valencia.
Messi and Barca broke up unhappily two years ago, and Barca only used one season of transition to return this season. Today's derby away to Espanyol, the desire for the title made Barca completely suppress the Spaniard in the opening game, in the 10th minute, Araujo in the middle circle of the ultra-long range precision over the top diagonal, Balder inserted at high speed to unload the ball into the box and burst into the box to pick out a cross in front of the goal, Lewandowski followed up in the middle to volley the ball into the net, Barca 1-0 got off to a good start. Nine minutes later, Barca came back from the right, Conde returned the pass, Pedri received an acceleration and then went down to the bottom to pick out a cross in front of the goal, Balder swept the ball into the middle of the net, Barca led 2-0.
In the 39th minute, De Jong went straight to the right side of the front, Rafinha inserted a delicate cross into the box at high speed, the ball bypassed the defender to the back post, and Lewandowski rushed to easily tackle the ball into the empty net, Barca had a three-goal advantage at half 3:0. In the 52nd minute, De Jong was precise over the top from a long distance at the left edge of the penalty area, and Conde followed up on the right side of the small penalty area before grabbing a head to score, Barca led 4-0. The Spaniards did not want to lose so ugly at home, and then they also fought back, and in the 72nd minute, Calero hit a scalpel diagonal in the midfield, Puado inserted the ball in the middle and scored a single shot into the box at high speed, and the Spaniard pulled a goal back 1-4. In stoppage time, in front of the left diagonal ceiling of Colesso, Calero nodded his header and was blocked by the post, Jose Lu scored a quick shot in front of the goal, Espanyol pulled another goal back 2-4, but there was not much time left, and Barca won easily 4-2 away.
Sevilla FC had a strong late-season sprint and quickly adjusted after losing to Girona this month, coming back at home to Espanyol in the last round and away to Valladolid today, where they burst into the second half to take their opponents. In the 49th minute, Montier crossed from the right and Mir slammed the ball into the net with his chest in front of goal, and Sevilla broke the deadlock 1-0. In the 78th minute, Sevilla quickly counter-attacked in the middle, Goodley cut diagonally to the left in front of the arc of the penalty area, Gomes cut in the box to get a one-handed chance, he easily passed the attacking goalkeeper Masip and scored an empty goal, Sevilla 2-0 lead. In stoppage time, Seville attacked from the right side, Lamela angled in the box at a 45-degree angle, Fernando snatched a point in front of the point and slammed his heel back, and Takatito received the ball and swung past the defender to blast the shot, Sevilla sealed the victory 3-0.
In terms of the standings, Barça beat Espanyol today and are 14 points ahead of Real Madrid, which would have taken the La Liga title four rounds earlier, the 27th time in their history, behind Real Madrid with 35 titles. Atletico Madrid lost to Elche today, two points behind Real Madrid and no chance of rising back to the top two, and they have 12 more points, failed to seal the top four early, and need to take another point. Sevilla re-emerged from a winning streak, catching up with Bilbao and Osasuna to finish 10th on goal difference, just one point away from Girona in seventh.
In terms of goalscorers, Barca won the title, Lewandowski scored twice, he once again widened the gap with Benzema, the advantage of four goals is firmly in the first place, and the golden boot is very promising. Joselu overtook Yunar after scoring in stoppage time to finish third with 15 goals. Aspas and Iglesias both squeezed into the top 10 with 12 goals.