“We were top for many weeks and the most consistent team wins the title”, said Barca boss Luis Enrique. Barca have won six of the last eight titles – including two in a row.
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“This hasn’t been my best season”, Neymar told Globo Esporte.
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Moreover, it is the most prolific season anyone other than Messi and Ronaldo has produced in the history of the Spanish top flight.
Fernandez was winning his personal battle with Messi at least, beating away the Argentine’s superb free-kick from 25 yards after the break, before Marc-Andre ter Stegen was put into action for the first time in the game, parrying Fran Rico’s one-on-one effort away from goal.
The victory means that April’s alarming dip in form when Barca took just one point from four games, including the Clasico defeat at home to Madrid, will now be just a footnote to the season.
“We’ve had to win the league twice, we were so far ahead and we thought we had it wrapped up”, Pique said after a hat-trick from Luis Suarez secured their 24th La Liga crown.
Real’s Portuguese star, Cristiano Ronaldo, scored a brace.
It wasn’t to be, as the brilliance of Suarez once again saw them to a win, with him also finishing up as the league’s highest goalscorer.
Suarez also scored the victor as Barca beat Atletico Madrid 2-1 to open up a gap at the top in January and most memorably slotted home Messi’s pass from the penalty spot to complete a hat-trick in the 6-1 rout of Celta Vigo in February.
“I’m happy for all the players and what we have done”.
“We’ll play our match as normal even if people don’t like watching us too much on the TV”, he said.
Barca can make it a second straight league and cup double if it can defeat Sevilla in the Copa del Rey final on Sunday.
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Atleti are preparing to face Madrid in the Champions League final on Saturday in a rematch of the 2014 final in Lisbon, which the former lost 4-1 after extra time.
