EIBAR — An acrobatic late strike from Antoine Griezmann saw Barcelona confirm their third-place finish in LaLiga on Saturday, as they crept past already relegated Eibar 1-0 in their last match of the season.
They end the campaign on 79 points, seven behind champion Atletico Madrid and five off second-placed Real Madrid.
"We didn't do the business in important games this season," matchwinner Griezmann said.
Let’s just go ahead and say it: Barcelona made the dumbest transfer of the year — maybe ever? — when it sold Luis Suárez to join rival Atlético Madid for the paltry fee of $7.7 million. Suárez, who won four league titles with Barça, left the the club in tears in September but ended the season with the the biggest, toothiest smile in Spain.
FC Barcelona Femení continued its monstrous season with a casual 8-0 victory against Athletic Club on Wednesday. This was the sixth time this season that Barcelona scored seven or more goals in a single game.
This Barcelona team is putting up statistics unheard of in the soccer sphere. After 27 league games, the Catalan side has won all 27, scored 136 goals and conceded five. Those are like video game numbers put up by an expert gamer who put the difficulty setting on amateur.
The Covid-19 pandemic had many sporting casualties in 2020. While nothing compares to the immense (and ongoing) loss of life, U.S. soccer fans were denied the opportunity to pay NFL-level prices to watch preseason friendlies between indifferent European clubs in the International Champions Cup. Similarly, the less-promoted but far-more-interesting Women’s International Champions Cup was canceled in 2020.
Playing in its first UEFA Women’s Champions League Final, Chelsea was embarrassed by Barcelona in Gothenburg, Sweden, on Sunday evening, 4-0.
Barcelona had advanced to the 2019 final before getting crushed by four first-half goals from Lyon, but the Blaugrana accomplished the same feat against the Blues to capture the club’s first-ever UCL title on the women’s side.
Pura emoción en la jornada 37 de LaLiga, la penúltima de la temporada. Con todos los partidos a la misma hora, el Atlético de Madrid consiguió una épica remontada ante el Osasuna para mantener el liderato y soñar con un título que no consigue desde la campaña 2013-14.
Real Madrid, que venció al Athletic Club, es el otro candidato. Los merengues, eso sí, necesitan un desliz colchonero para tener una chance. ¿Barcelona? Cayó ante Celta de Vigo y quedó completamente out.
¿Cómo sucedió todo? Más o menos así:
Matchday 37 of Europe’s best title race arrived on Sunday with the added spice of simultaneous kickoffs across Spain. At the Wanda in Madrid, leader Atlético welcomed 11th-place Osasuna. In Bilbao, second-place Real Madrid accepted the challenge of ninth-place Athletic Club. At the Camp Nou, Barcelona said hello to eighth-place Celta Vigo.
El Atlético de Madrid superó esta tarde a la Real Sociedad, en un partido que más o menos resume su agónica carrera al título de LaLiga. Ventaja rápida, tempranera y a paso demoledor para luego acabar lleno de dudas, pidiendo la hora y con una tonelada de sufrimiento en las venas.
Muy a lo Simeone.
En el Wanda Metropolitano, su casa, el Atlético comenzó con velas desatadas. Luis Suárez y Marcos Llorente liberaban la infantería, pero algo faltaba para que su superioridad se expresara en goles. De todos modos, no hubo que esperar mucho.
Por un momento parecía que la vida del Barcelona se ponía color de rosa, tal como la camiseta que usó para enfrentar al Levante. Ganaba 2-0 y se instalaba temporalmente al tope de LaLiga. Sin embargo, el equipo granota no quería ser el puerco del festín y en el complemento se transformó en una pesadilla para el equipo culé. Feroz e implacable, al punto que el 3-3 final prácticamente guillotina las opciones del Barça de conseguir el título.
Barcelona threw away a 2-0 lead, a 3-2 lead and the chance to go momentarily top of LaLiga with a ridiculous 3-3 draw against Levante at the Ciutat de València on Tuesday night.
The match kicked off at 10:00 p.m. local time and quickly entered the magical realm that all “after dark” sporting events inhabit. After Pedri wasted a couple good opportunities with poor shooting, Lionel Messi showed the 18-year-old how it’s done in the 26th minute with a world-class side volley.