Barça close in second and Sevilla and Atlético are close to the best continental competition, with Alavés and Levante close to the abyss
Three deliveries remain for this 2021-22 League that has been conquered by Real Madrid from start to finish and the different fronts are starting to clarify. Matchday 35 served to clear the way to the next edition of the Champions League. Barça sealed its ticket to the next edition of the top continental competition with its victory over Betis in Benito Villamarín, a minimum target for the Barça club, unthinkable in times of wine and roses, but which was compromised during a very complicated course in Camp Well. With the Champions League in their pocket, the horizon is now moving through the runner-up, meaning a presence in the next edition of the Spanish Super Cup and would allow Xavi’s men to finish the season with dignity.
Sevilla’s draw in La Cerámica against Villarreal gives Barça a tie by four points over third, that is five compared to fourth, an Atlético who won the Madrid derby against the champions and also made up for Betis’ defeat to extend the lead to six points . With a nine lead, sevillistas and colchoneros have won the goal over Betis, so a win serves to ensure their presence in the top four in the championship for another year, their natural location due to budgets and templates. Against Mallorca in the Pizjuán that of Lopetegui and in the Martínez Valero against Elche that of Simeone, both could solve the battle for the champions tomorrow, before their duel in the Metropolitan next Sunday.
Neither Betis nor Real Sociedad are done believing their options to attack any of the top four positions and the truth is that two points out of the last twelve, both in the case of the cup champion and the ‘txuri urdin’ , forcing both to keep scoring until at least try to repeat his presence in the Europa League. The Verdiblancos have a good five and six point lead over Villarreal and Athletic, which in the Gipuzkoans’ case is reduced to three and four respectively. One of the four contenders will drop out of the continental competitions, while the seventh will have to settle for the first Spanish representative in the Conference League, the Old Continent’s little sister.
Leaving aside the European aspirations of the nobility, relegation sets all eyes on the final fireworks of the competition. Alavés, six points of permanence, will be a second team if they do not score against Espanyol in Mendizorroza and could even lose the category by winning, if Granada and Cádiz also do against Athletic in Los Cármenes and Real in Anoeta, two difficult commitments . It is also very difficult for Levante, who is five points away from the places of rescue. The Granotas visit the Santiago Bernabeu to face a Madrid without specific goals, but with the desire to turn the page on the Madrid derby defeat and in full preparation for the Champions League final on May 28 in Paris. If they make it through the weekly session alive, the dramatic meeting between the two on Sunday in Vitoria would be a true finale.
The third in the red zone at the moment is Mallorca, with less effort but very poorly stopped from the direct duel against Granada in Son Moix. Two points away from safety, they visit Pizjuán, though they then close the course against Rayo in Palma and Osasuna in El Sadar, two rivals with nothing at stake. Granada, for its part, will face Espanyol, also installed in the moderate zone, but will face Athletic and Betis first. It’s also not easy for Cadiz, three above relegation but with Real Sociedad and Madrid as their next opponents, before they face an Alavés side that could be relegated on the last day. Finally, Getafe could still suffer, although their five pillow points put azulón’s goal at one win. He will try to achieve it this Wednesday in Pamplona, though he would otherwise get two more chances against Barca and Elche.
Source: La Verdad
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