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Real Madrid won the league but on the same day Girona reached the Champions League and it felt like an even bigger achievement.
Both clubs got to celebrate while Barcelona could only rage against a mediocre campaign in which not only are they not the best team in Spain, they are not even the best team in the region of Catalonia.
Forward Artem Dovbyk has made a major impact for Girona, who have shocked everybody this campaign.
Meanwhile, a host of stars made significant contributions to Real's title success, including Jude Bellingham.
Mail Sport's Peter Jenson brings you ten things we learned from a decisive weekend in LaLiga.
Real Madrid were crowned LaLiga champions on an eventful weekend in the division
Michel is eager for his Girona side to be drawn against Liverpool in the Champions League
Michel wants Liverpool
When you’ve just beaten Barcelona 8-2 on aggregate you have the license to ask for whatever you want if you are Girona manager Michel.
He wants Liverpool and either Bayern Munich or Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League draw.
He wants to go to Anfield, the Allianz Arena and to see the Yellow Wall. Those clubs will not fancy going to Montilivi if that’s where Girona play their European games next season.
Vinicius celebrates business as usual
Vinicius celebrated the league title by rubbing salt in the Barcelona wounds with a tweet referencing Ronald Araujo’s famous ‘The start of a new era’ battle cry after Barcelona won the Spanish Super Cup in 2023.
Contrary to what optimistic Barça fans believed back then it was not the dawning of a new era of Barça domination, just the same old Madrid, albeit with a new generation of players.
Vinicius Junior posted 'la nueva era' as he mocked Barcelona defender Ronald Araujo
Bellingham’s debut season was perfect
Bellingham was the pick of those young stars. There was a 10 out of 10 rating for him in Marca’s ratings for the season.
And with him set to finish as the team’s top scorer and the player with the fourth most minutes it’s hard to argue with the perfect score. And all this in his first campaign, aged only 20.
Jude Bellingham received a perfect score from Marca after Real Madrid won the title
Laporta should be angry with himself
‘This will not do,’ Joan Laporta was heard lamenting repeatedly after he left his seat in the directors box at Montilivi. Not for the first time this season he was doing little to hide his fury – although there were no reports of any canapé trays sent flying this
