Goals from Puyol, Messi (2), Pedro and Villa gave Barcelona an easy win against Real Sociedad, a great start for new coach Tito Vilanova. Castro was the scorer for Real Sociedad.
Celta 0-1 Málaga
The Blue and Whites won the opening game of the new La Liga season, the only goal of the match against Celta scored by Fabrice Olinga, the youngest player in La Liga at 16 years and 90 days.
Start of new La Liga season
Much-troubled Málaga CF kickstart the new La Liga season at 19:00 when they travel to Celta. With a bit of luck and a fair wind they could end up at the top of the table for anything between two and twenty-four hours as most teams are playing on Sunday or Monday.
Tense final day of La Liga
A very tense final day of La Liga for quite a few clubs with relegation and European placings still to be decided before play began at 20:00. At the end of the day, Villarreal were relegated along with Sporting Gijón and Racing Santander, Málaga took the fourth Champions League spot and Atlético Madrid and Levante qualified for the Europa League …
Betis 2-2 Barcelona
Two La Liga games with nothing at stake as far as relegation and European placings were concerned were brought forward to Saturday evening.
Atlético Madrid 2-1 Málaga
Traffic must have been bad because Atlético Madrid didn’t turn up until the second half of their match with Málaga, although the visitors could only manage one, albeit stunning goal from Eliseu in the first period, despite their dominance.
Always a first time…
Last night was the first time I can remember when there wasn’t incessant tooting of horns and flag waving when one of the ‘big two’ won La Liga.
Real Madrid are La Liga champions
Real Madrid are La Liga champions after a 3-0 win over Athletic Bilbao, Higuaín, Özil and Ronaldo the scorers, although Bilbao enjoyed much of the possession.
Barcelona 4-1 Málaga
Three goals from Lionel Messi, two from the penalty spot, and one from Puyol saw Barcelona beat Málaga 4-1 at the Npou Camp on Wednesday evening, Rondón scoring for the Blue and Whites. The Argentine World Player of the Year also became the first man to score 68 goals in a season for a European top-flight club, breaking the record …
Battles for survival
Granada have almost certainly assured their survival in La Liga after a 2-1 win over Espanyol on Tuesday evening, moving eight points clear of the drop zone.