Real Madrid, big dominator of a season with Benzema, Bono, Iago Aspas or Raúl de Tomás as proper names
La Liga 2021-22 will be remembered as a championship dominated by Real Madrid from start to finish. Carlo Ancelotti’s team, which returned to the whites’ bench amid doubts, without major signings and after Zidane’s last year in white, secured the lead on matchday one by beating Alavés in Mendizorroza (1-4) and although he lost the top of the table on the second date, after a draw against Levante in Valencia, he regained control against Betis in the Benito Villamarín not to let go until the end. Thirteen points above the runner-up, the biggest numerical advantage of their 35 league titles, the team with the most wins, fewest losses, top scorer and second-fewest goals, just one goal behind Sevilla. Strong arguments to be the best.
Behind Madrid finishes Barça, who saved the furniture with a runner-up to give a seat to the next Spanish Super Cup in Saudi Arabia and that means the classification with solvency for the next Champions League. It seems like a minimum target in a giant club like Barça, but given the delicate situation when Xavi arrived on the Camp Nou bench in November and replaced Koeman, it’s no small matter. Atlético and Sevilla repeat in the Champions League position, Betis and Villarreal in the Europa League position and Villarreal in seventh, confirming the current hierarchy in the League.
Karim Benzema makes his debut as the league’s top scorer, breaking the duopoly of Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo in the championship’s top scorer trophy. Only Luis Suarez slipped into the battle between the Argentine and the Portuguese in the 2008-09 season, whose absence was powerfully capped by the presence of Benzema. The French striker has scored 27 goals in 32 games and his leadership in Madrid has gone beyond his goals or the dozens of assists he has handed out to his team-mates.
While Lopetegui’s Sevilla suffered a certain lack of goals that prevented them from fighting for the League, it once again shone in terms of solvency and defensive behaviour. The triangle formed by the central defenders Koundé and Diego Carlos and the defensive midfielder Fernando encapsulate the essence of Seville, where Yassine Bounou, Bono, has also shone this season. The Moroccan goalkeeper wins the Zamora Trophy, the first in the history of the Seville club, with only 24 goals against in 31 matches played and a coefficient of 0.77 surpassing the 0.81 of Thibaut Courtois at a high level.
Iago Aspas continues to cement his status as a historic player in the League with the fourth Zarra Trophy of his career, an award that equals David Villa’s poker as the best national scorer in the League. Big words. The top goalscorer in Celta’s history in the First Division shares the prize this time with Espanyol striker Raúl de Tomás, who also scored 17 goals, one more than Juanmi, from more to less in the season.
This concludes a season that marked the return to normalcy in Spanish football, with stadiums full of fans and the color that the covid pandemic made impossible. Despite his lack of continuity at the start of the competition, Ousmane Dembélé was the best assist in the championship with thirteen assists, while Carlo Ancelotti and Manuel Pellegrini shared the Miguel Muñoz Trophy for best coach and Miguel Ángel Ortiz Arias from Madrid was recognized with the Guruceta Trophy for the best referee.
Source: La Verdad
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