There was nothing more at stake but closing the competition with a 0-2 defeat at home against Villareal cannot be the intention. Look how Real Madrid played against that. What a difference. Barcelona had a bad start to the season, recovered when Xavi became the new coach but are still very volatile, alternating beautiful moments with sloppy ones. That will have to be removed, otherwise they will have no chance for the title next year and Real Madrid will easily take the title.
Let's not be responsible for both clubs at once. It is more correct to say that nothing was at stake for Barcelona, Villarreal still had unresolved tasks. It just turns out that Villarreal needed this victory more. Barcelona has already secured second place in the championship and could not help but rise higher or fall lower in the standings. Villarreal, after the Champions League semi-final, obviously wanted to play in European cups for the next season as well. And Unai Emery now has a chance to replenish the collection of his European trophies and add a newly-won prize in the face of the newly minted Conference League Cup to his Uefa Cups. 
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The Barcelona - Villarreal game was quite awkward to me actually. Because Barcelona took control of the game as most people expected and kept it that way until the final whistle too. But this still couldn't prevent Villarreal from reaching their goal in this game. Maybe they didn't find many goal opportunities but the ones they found were enough for a win as it seems. This 2-0 win was very crucial for Villarreal to maintain their position in the standings and join the Europa Conference League. Maybe it's not a big tournament but it is better than not qualifying for anything.
ball possession is not everything in a football match, it does help but occasionally things like this happen where the opposite team score goals from few scoring opportunities, also Barcelona guranteed the 2nd spot so it means nothing to them to try so hard to win, Villarreal needed it and got at the end, still a good 2nd half of the season for Barcelona. 
The Barcelona - Villarreal game was quite awkward to me actually. Because Barcelona took control of the game as most people expected and kept it that way until the final whistle too. But this still couldn't prevent Villarreal from reaching their goal in this game. Maybe they didn't find many goal opportunities but the ones they found were enough for a win as it seems. This 2-0 win was very crucial for Villarreal to maintain their position in the standings and join the Europa Conference League. Maybe it's not a big tournament but it is better than not qualifying for anything.
Not really a crucial winning for villareal , as bilbao the one who can takeover the european competition out of villareal get lost to sevilla , so even if villareal lost they will still at the 7th place to play in the europa conference league next season.It's just a bad ending for barcelona to close the season witch such blow losing to villareal.
The Barcelona - Villarreal game was quite awkward to me actually. Because Barcelona took control of the game as most people expected and kept it that way until the final whistle too. But this still couldn't prevent Villarreal from reaching their goal in this game. Maybe they didn't find many goal opportunities but the ones they found were enough for a win as it seems. This 2-0 win was very crucial for Villarreal to maintain their position in the standings and join the Europa Conference League. Maybe it's not a big tournament but it is better than not qualifying for anything.
Barcelona are behind in the second half but they played good in the first half they had control over the ball and they had some chances i don't know why but this game does not seem to be over i think barcelona may surprise us since villareal does not seem to handle laliga games well we might see a comeback.
Barcelona dominated massively in this match. But unfortunately they failed to record a goal. While, Villarreal won the game with 2 goals. Perhaps, Barcelona didn't take the match very serious. Since, they were already at a decent position on the standings. And they fully knew losing the game won't in any way affect their place. Although, Villarreal performance was impressive. They really needed the 3 points badly to secure their space in the Europa Conference League next season, and they probably ended up at the 7th position.
Barcelona are behind in the second half but they played good in the first half they had control over the ball and they had some chances i don't know why but this game does not seem to be over i think barcelona may surprise us since villareal does not seem to handle laliga games well we might see a comeback.
The game ended with 2 goals for Villarreal and 0 for Barcelona. Since it isn't that important game, we can't blame them for losing tho. In the other matches, ATM won vs Sociedad and Sevilla won vs Bilbao.At the end, Real Madrid did a great job making the difference between 13 - 16 points from Barcelona and Sevilla. Interestingly, Sevilla didn't lost many games and didn't receive many goals but got many draws. Anyway, next season seems promising with Barca improvement so it won't be one-sided like this one
There was nothing more at stake but closing the competition with a 0-2 defeat at home against Villareal cannot be the intention. Look how Real Madrid played against that. What a difference. Barcelona had a bad start to the season, recovered when Xavi became the new coach but are still very volatile, alternating beautiful moments with sloppy ones. That will have to be removed, otherwise they will have no chance for the title next year and Real Madrid will easily take the title.
Barcelona are behind in the second half but they played good in the first half they had control over the ball and they had some chances i don't know why but this game does not seem to be over i think barcelona may surprise us since villareal does not seem to handle laliga games well we might see a comeback.
Yes Barcelona dominated possession in this match but they failed to score a goal until the 66th minute of second half time. I think barcelona will find it difficult to turn things around in the remaining second half. although this match is not very important for Barcelona, but it will be quite painful if in the last match they have to suffer a defeat at home.
Villarreal are closing in on the Europa Conference League minute by minute now. Truthfully, I wasn't expecting them to have this kind of a superiority to Barcelona in Camp Nou. Even though Barcelona have been playing very dominantly against them, they are still leading the game 2-0 somehow. Villarreal have only three shots on total and two of them ended up with goals. This must be the most efficient game for them. Sevilla have just got ahead by 1-0 against A. Bilbao now too which has made things easier for Villarreal.
Barcelona are behind in the second half but they played good in the first half they had control over the ball and they had some chances i don't know why but this game does not seem to be over i think barcelona may surprise us since villareal does not seem to handle laliga games well we might see a comeback.
They are dominating in all areas but they are still losing on goals.Look at the chances Villarreal created in this match they only scored 3 shots on goal until this 70th minute but they were able to convert 2 of them into goals.
What's with Barcelona's Strategy now, they are so focused on attack that they forget about the defense they should be guarding
The fight for staying in the La Liga is still going on now. Granada, Cadiz and Mallorca all are playing their games currently and we are in the last ten-minute period of the game at the same time. According to the current scores, Granada are the team to relegate from the La Liga. But there is still a long time period to the end. As the points are very close to each other for these teams, everything can change in no time. However, Granada don't seem like they are likely to score because their second half performance has been very poor.
Now it has been confirmed that it is Granada who are in the zone there considering that in this case Cadiz managed to win in the final match and at the last minute of the season. they survived before the door closed and this seemed to give them a second spirit now.They have to improve themselves to be even better in the future.
Btw there was a pretty exciting match in this last match between Barcelona and Villarreal now their score is 0-2 for Villarreal's advantage. although it's not decisive with their standings but it's quite worth watching because there are a lot of surprises here
Barcelona are behind in the second half but they played good in the first half they had control over the ball and they had some chances i don't know why but this game does not seem to be over i think barcelona may surprise us since villareal does not seem to handle laliga games well we might see a comeback.
Real Madrid president, Florentino Pérez Rodríguez have failed again to sign Mbappe from PSG this summer. He was quite not expecting Mbappe to turn down his offer this time, but Mbappe eventually turn it down and renewed his contract with PSG. The Los Blancos pend all their signings because of the valuable lad who turn them down at the last minute. Perhaps they still have chances to signed new players and they also miss out on signing Erling Haaland from Dortmund. I believe they would still look for other valuable young players that would be available during the transfer window.
They in this case are not short of money but they lose to compete with more money lol.It's a shame that this happened because I still hope that he can play for Madrid next season but I have to bury my hopes deep at this time considering that this will no longer be possible.
Madrid now have to look for new options here considering that this season they continue to stand by Benzema and they still have to look for strikers who can be productive besides Benzema
the second half is about to start, I wonder if barca still has a high desire to win because I see that it is the villareal players who are very excited to win
although the position of the two teams (barca and villareal) will not change even though one of them loses or wins but this is a pretty important match for xavi. xavi even fielded aubameyang from the start
although the position of the two teams (barca and villareal) will not change even though one of them loses or wins but this is a pretty important match for xavi. xavi even fielded aubameyang from the start
Congrats to Mallorca and Cadiz both! They are continuing in the La Liga officially as they both won their games today. If Granada were able to defeat Espanyol, they weren't going to relegate for sure but they couldn't. It was still a very enjoyable rivalry to watch for me. By the way the last games of the season have started already. It has been nearly 25 minutes in those games and all of them are 0-0 now. Villarreal and Athletic Bilbao are having important games now and I still believe in Villarreal to qualify for the ECL.
Fortunately Villarreal managed to get a chance to score at Camp Nou, currently 0-1 half time managed to get a chance under pressure, actually Bilbao and Villarreal are not easy to get points because they are against a top team, but this is the end of the season and a top can give them victory for them. Also there are no targets either in the top teams because they are already safe. 
The fight for staying in the La Liga is still going on now. Granada, Cadiz and Mallorca all are playing their games currently and we are in the last ten-minute period of the game at the same time. According to the current scores, Granada are the team to relegate from the La Liga. But there is still a long time period to the end. As the points are very close to each other for these teams, everything can change in no time. However, Granada don't seem like they are likely to score because their second half performance has been very poor.
The games ended and granada team was not able to score and win the game, they missed a penalty at the 72 minute by jorge molina, he must feel awful now that they were relegated because of him, i didn't think mallorca would win with a 2 0 score against a tough team their performance was the most impressive of all these releagation teams.To be honest I was quite surprised that Granada was finally relegated, I think Mallorca were going to be relegated. Because Mallorca have to face
Osasuna who are much stronger and also Mallorca have to play away. It turned out that my guess was wrong, Mallorca appeared extraordinary
against Osasuna. Mallorca builds attacks far more effectively than Osasuna, so Mallorca could have created more chances and ended up winning
the game. The fighting spirit of Mallorca players was also very high, this was what finally became the strength for Mallorca to win.
Then for Cadiz according to my prediction that they will beat Alaves who have been confirmed previously relegated. This means that Cadiz can also
continue to play next season in La Liga. It's a shame that Granada was previously positioned above Cadiz and Mallorca, they had to accept the fact
that they were relegated after failing to win against Espanyol. Even though Granada are playing at home, they should have taken advantage of
these advantages to be able to win.
It is good for these teams that they now remain in the top division in Spain. From a sporting point of view a good result, but also from a financial point of view the interests are of course enormous. A lot of money comes in via television funds and sponsors find it much more attractive to find a team that is active in the highest division. And you also have to be able to continue to pay players. However, they will probably have to fight against relegation again next year.
Congrats to Mallorca and Cadiz both! They are continuing in the La Liga officially as they both won their games today. If Granada were able to defeat Espanyol, they weren't going to relegate for sure but they couldn't. It was still a very enjoyable rivalry to watch for me. By the way the last games of the season have started already. It has been nearly 25 minutes in those games and all of them are 0-0 now. Villarreal and Athletic Bilbao are having important games now and I still believe in Villarreal to qualify for the ECL.
The fight for staying in the La Liga is still going on now. Granada, Cadiz and Mallorca all are playing their games currently and we are in the last ten-minute period of the game at the same time. According to the current scores, Granada are the team to relegate from the La Liga. But there is still a long time period to the end. As the points are very close to each other for these teams, everything can change in no time. However, Granada don't seem like they are likely to score because their second half performance has been very poor.
The games ended and granada team was not able to score and win the game, they missed a penalty at the 72 minute by jorge molina, he must feel awful now that they were relegated because of him, i didn't think mallorca would win with a 2 0 score against a tough team their performance was the most impressive of all these releagation teams. Granada has fought really hard to win from Espanyol but their struggle doesn't seem to be paying off. if Granada won then they could finish in 15th position.
in another match, cadiz managed to win 1-0 against alaves and made them safe from the relegation zone.
That was the worst scenario in all imaginable ones! Granada ended with a draw while Cadiz and Mallorca won their games which made Granada 18th = relegated! That was very unfortunate for them. That team crashed a lot comparing to the previous seasons when they finished in top 10.in another match, cadiz managed to win 1-0 against alaves and made them safe from the relegation zone.
Now the other 3 games started and the results are still 0-0 after 10 minutes.
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