Change of culture came under fire amid mid-season slump but blend of youth and experience proved unstoppable Way after midnight and visiting hours had long since finished but they had only just got started and they weren’t going to leave the patient with appendicitis lying there alone, not at a time like this. So Pedri González, Dani Olmo, Iñigo Martínez and Eric García rented four city bikes and cycled up Avinguda Diagonal in the dark. They had been out to Cornella and come back with the league, double done. They had gone to the training ground at Sant Joan Despí, belting through Bad Moon Rising from the balcony with the fans below. Now they were heading to the hospital to share the moment with Ferran Torres, recently out of emergency surgery and watching from the ward as he became a champion like them. At the end of the game that finally won the title, a campaign concluded with victories over Real Madrid first and Espanyol four days later, just about as good as it gets, the first thing Hansi Flick was asked was what he was most proud of. “Pfff,” the coach replied. “I don’t think we have time for this …” There was so much, which is why there was a long pause before he finally said: “The most important thing is you feel like a family. The atmosphere in the dressing room is so great; I’ve never seen this before. They really take care of each other.” And which was why when he was asked whose league this was – Lamine Yamal’s? His – he replied: “Barcelona’s. This is not about one guy.” Continue reading...

Flick's team virtually ended Madrid's title defense when it beat its top rival 4-3 on Sunday  Leer

Barça’s 28th title caps fine debut season for Hansi FlickLamine Yamal scores stunner in 2-0 win over local rivals Barcelona have been crowned Spanish champions for a 28th time after a 2-0 victory over Espanyol on Thursday evening. The win means Barça have an unassailable lead at the top of La Liga. They are seven points clear of Real Madrid with only two games left to play. Fittingly, the win was sparked by a screamer from Lamine Yamal, Barça’s talisman this season, who cut inside from the right before unleashing a curling shot beyond the reach of the Espanyol goalkeeper, Joan García. To make matters worse for the hosts, Leandro Cabrera was sent off late on for lashing out at the 17-year-old before, deep into injury time, Fermín López added a second goal. Continue reading...

Álvaro García Pascual, who last year was playing college soccer in the United States, gave Sevilla a 1-0 home win over Las Palmas and moved the traditional Spanish club on the verge of escaping relegation in the Spanish league on Tuesday.

A large group of Sevilla fans forced their way onto the premises of the club's training ground on Saturday after their anger at the team's bad season boiled over following another loss.

Atlético striker completes treble in first 11 minutesKane scores as Bayern lift Bundesliga trophy Alexander Sørloth scored four goals inside 30 minutes in a 4-0 home win for Atlético Madrid over Real Sociedad. The Norwegian forward completed his treble in the opening 11 minutes, the earliest ever in the competition, before adding a fourth goal to seal the rout on the half-hour. He opened the scoring in the seventh minute and took just three minutes and 57 seconds to wrap up his hat-trick. Continue reading...

Alexander Sørloth scored the earliest hat trick in LaLiga history as part of four goals in the first half hour of Atlético Madrid's game against Real Sociedad in La Liga on Saturday.

A match in which much more than just three points is at stake  Leer

Robert Lewandowski, Alejandro Balde and Marc Casadó are all fit for Sunday's Clásico, but Barcelona's Hansi Flick has said they start on the bench vs. Real Madrid.

Barcelona's options to be crowned champions  Leer

There are four matchdays left  Leer

El Clásico is always huge, but with Barcelona and Real Madrid meeting so late in the season with a title still on the line, this is one for the ages.

They have lost three times to their oldest rivals but a win would give Ancelotti’s men a path to retaining the league Real Madrid’s players arrived at training on Wednesday morning to find seven teddy bears waiting for them. Lined up on a bush outside Valdebebas, they wore white shirts and a banner had been placed in front of them, alongside a couple of Spain flags with the club badge in the middle where the crown should go. “Grazie, Inter,” it said. The night before, Simone Inzaghi’s side had done for them what they had not been able to do for themselves, at least not yet. Now perhaps it can be their turn, one last chance to salvage something from what has been somebody else’s season. Barcelona had been beaten: there would be no Champions League and no treble, reason alone to celebrate or at least seek consolation in Madrid, if not the only one. Because if it’s tempting to ask: “Is that all you’ve got?” somehow the answer may still be: “Actually, no.” Four days on from Barcelona’s European exit, Montjuïc hosts the fourth clásico of 2024-25 in a fourth stadium. Madrid have lost the previous three – 4-0, 5-2 and 3-2, seeing their rivals go top of the table, win the Super Cup and the Copa del Rey. Lose a fourth, and they will see them win the league title too, Hansi Flick’s team would be seven points clear with nine in play, a double within reach, while Madrid are left with nothing. Continue reading...

Bayern are negotiating with Jonathan Tah, but the Germany defender has options. Transfer Talk has the latest.