Diego Simeone and Atletico Madrid celebrate their first La Liga name since 2014
Atletico Madrid were crowned LaLiga champions for the first time in seven years on the last day of a dramatic 2020/21 season.
The leaders had a two-point merit on Real Madrid in a tense two-horse race before the final round of matches on Saturday night and came here to beat Real Valladolid 2-1, relegating their matches to the Second Division. a day of contrasting sensations at the José Zorrilla Stadium.
Meanwhile, Real Madrid’s impressive 2–1 victory over Villarreal, achieved thanks to the overdue goals of Karim Benzema and Luka Modric following Yeremy’s early arrival, was not enough to outperform his long-distance rivals.
Such a change would have been enough for Los Blancos to effectively retain their crown in the one-on-one record, without Luis Suarez’s effort in 23 minutes that sent Atlético a transparent point of the three.
Former Real Madrid midfielder Oscar Plano had given Valladolid a shocking early lead, only with a brilliant purpose of Angel Correa to match in a time before the marked time.
In the rest of La Liga, a Barcelona without Lionel Messi, who had possibly played his last match with the club, secured 3rd place after Antoine Griezmann hit the relegated Eibar. Sevilla now relies on the fourth position of the Alavés tomorrow.
Real Sociedad took fifth place thanks to Alexander Isak’s goal in the 86th minute at Osasuna.
Villarreal’s defeat means he finishes seventh and enters the first UEFA Europa Conference League; he can still seal a place in the Champions League next season if he beats Manchester United in the Europa League final in Gdansk on Wednesday night.
In this scenario, Spain would have five in the Champions League in 2021/22 and none in the Europa Conference League.
At the other end of the table, Elche secured the LaLiga season by beating Athletic Bilbao 2-0, but a blank draw against Valencia condemned Huesca to relegation alongside Valladolid and Eibar.
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