This year, as in the past, competition in La Laga is again at an all-time high. In fact 3 teams Girona, Barcelona and Atletico Madrid can still theoretically catch up with Real and become La Liga champions and if Real didn't have such a fantastic season, the competition would be even higher.
For Girona, this is one of the most important wins in recent times and it is all the more important because previously, starting almost from the 2015/2016 season Girona always lost to Betis and their win broke Betis' winning streak. With this win, Girona are back in the race for the top of La Liga.
The competition isn't really that intense as you are describing it. "at an all-time high". How many La Liga seasons have you been following now to draw the conclusion that this is among the most exciting seasons ever?
Real Madrid is leading by a huge distance and the other teams have no chance to get closer to them as Real Madrid's consistency is impressive and they won't play any worse than they are doing. Now where do you see the buzz here? I can't see it. We can talk about Barcelona and whether they or Girona will go for 2nd place in La Liga, but the title is essentially won by Real Madrid already.
Barcelona's defense is way too bad and Atletico Madrid isn't even close to any of the teams. How can Atletico Madrid catch up with Real Madrid when they are 20 points behind and 8 games to go? Are you looking at the wrong season? Better check season 2023/24.
Barcelona's gap from Real is 7 points and considering that there are still 8 rounds ahead in which the teams can gain theoretically 24 points, Barcelona still have a chance to catch up with Real, and if Barcelona would concede less, the gap would be even smaller, because the difference in goals scored between Real and Barcelona is only 5 goals, but in goals conceded Real is better than Barcelona by 14.
About Atletico really mistaken, I thought that Simeone's team had 65 points like Girona, not 55 as it is now. Here even theoretically everything is very bad, although it has always been usual to see Atletico on 2-3 place, but apparently this season the 3rd place will be a huge success, although again it is possible to win 10 points from Girona, but the chances are not very great, especially after the last victory of Girona.