Marcus Rashford scored a free-kick and Ferran Torres added a second as Barcelona beat Real Madrid 2-0 at Spotify Camp Nou on Sunday to clinch their 29th LaLiga title. The win also kept their grip on the league crown and left Madrid without a trophy.
The match was decided in a Clásico for the first time in nearly a century, a rare stage for a title to be settled. Jude Bellingham had a goal disallowed for Real Madrid, but Barcelona stayed in control and finished the afternoon with the championship secured.
For Rashford, on loan from Manchester United, the goal gave him a central role in one of Barcelona’s biggest domestic nights of the season. The result came on a day that began badly for Hansi Flick, who had lost his father earlier in the morning, and ended with Barcelona confirming their 29th league title.
The defeat closed a difficult campaign for Real Madrid, who had already been dumped out of the Champions League and Copa del Rey and now finish without a major honour for a second straight season. Barcelona, by contrast, retained their LaLiga crown in a match that will be remembered less for the margin and more for the fact that it settled the championship itself.
