Real Madrid won the La Liga title for the first time since 2017 after a 2-1 victory over Villarreal that gave them an unsurpassed seven-point lead over Barcelona with one game to play.
The triumph extends The whites‘record of 34 league titles, eight more than the Barça that had lifted the last two La Liga trophies.
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Zinedine Zidane’s team renewed their rivals with a 10-game winning streak since La Liga returned in June after a three-month break due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Zidane, who was re-elected for his second coaching term in March 2019, has now won two trophies this year, after picking up the Spanish Super Cup in January.
The legendary former player was previously in charge from 2016 to 2018, winning 10 trophies, including a league title and three Champions Leagues, before resigning.
The 2019-20 season has seen Madrid and Barça fight at the top of the table, with little to separate the two giants.
Madrid has had to compete for much of the season without the € 100m star signing Eden Hazard, who has struggled with a persistent ankle injury that eventually required surgery.
2-0 Classic The victory over Barça on March 1 was crucial, but was followed by a 2-1 loss at Real Betis that left Barça two points ahead when the League was suspended on March 12.
Since the restart on June 11, Madrid has maintained a record 100%.
They have faced setbacks such as the need to play home games at the Alfredo di Stefano stadium, home of the Madrid Castilla team B, due to the remodeling of the Bernabéu, as well as speculation about the future of renowned players such as Gareth Bale and James Rodríguez, who have been marginalized by Zidane.
Meanwhile, Barça has been hit by a series of off-field distractions, including speculation about the future of coach Quique Setien, who replaced Ernesto Valverde in January, and that of Lionel Messi, as well as financial pressure exacerbated by the pandemic.
Madrid veterans Sergio Ramos, 34, and top scorer Karim Benzema, 32, have made important contributions in the attack, while Thibaut Courtois will win the Zamora trophy for the La Liga goalkeeper with the best ratio of goals by match.
There will be no celebrations for the title, including the traditional bus parade to the Cibeles Fountain, with the club and local officials asking fans to stay home over concerns about new outbreaks of the coronavirus.
Madrid will look to win another trophy this summer in the Champions League, as they attempt to cancel a round-robin deficit of the knockout round of 16 against Manchester City on August 7 to reach the final stages in Lisbon later that month. .
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