As Atletico Madrid won yesterday against Alaves, it is time for Barcelona to perform nicely and defeat Sevilla to keep their position. And they aren't going to make do with only that. If they manage to defeat Sevilla in Camp Nou, they are going to take the second position from Sevilla too. However it is still going to be interesting then because these three teams are going to have the same amount of points. As we are entering the last weeks of the season, we might watch a solid competition for the second position among them.
Yes, if Barcelona wins, the three teams directly below Real Madrid will all be on 57 points, but mind you that Barcelona will then have a game in hand, which of course gives them the advantage; i am strongly of the view that Barcelona will finish in second place, they are more or less the most in form team in the league at the moment and even since their rejuvenation, they have not looked back at all.
I had actually though Barcelona would not compete for titles for a long time, i felt their slum period would last for a while, but i think i am wrong, they aren't going to win the Spanish League this season, they could possibly win the Europa League (i am pretty sure that is not the kind of trophy they want to be winning), but just looking prospectively at next season, with a few more signings i believe Barcelona would be serious contenders for major trophies and then their crisis period would feel like ages ago.