"For the first time in 94 years a meeting of sport's greatest rivals decided La Liga, 62,000 fans starting the party as goals from the Englishman and Ferran Torres took Hansi Flick's team over the line with three games to spare. For Madrid, at least it was over, nothing left to hold on to. They had avoided it happening last week by beating Espanyol, just across the city limits, sparing themselves from having to hand their rivals a guard of honour before the game but they knew they couldn't avoid it for ever."
"From the right edge of the Madrid area, Rashford stood over the ball. Before him, four men in the wall, another lying on the turf behind it, and, behind them, the best goalkeeper in the world. None of them could stop him, a superb free-kick flying in a long arc outwards and into the far corner. The Englishman raced towards the bench, pursued by his teammates."
"It was his 14th goal of this season in Spain; there have been 14 assists too. Speaking of assists, the one that Dani Olmo provided for Barcelona to double the lead ten minutes later was gorgeous. Leaping to connect with the clipped ball into the Madrid box, he guided it,"
Barcelona won La Liga at Camp Nou against Real Madrid, ending a 94-year wait for a league-deciding meeting between the rivals. The title was clinched with three games remaining as goals from Marcus Rashford and Ferran Torres put Hansi Flick’s team over the line. Madrid had hoped to avoid the title celebration in their presence but could not prevent Barcelona from starting the party. Barcelona took control early with a goal in the ninth minute and maintained the lead. Rashford scored from the right edge of the Madrid area with a long-arc free kick that beat the goalkeeper and the wall. Dani Olmo later provided an assist for Barcelona’s second goal.
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