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Barcelona’s Robert Lewandowski celebrates after scoring his side’s opening goal during a Spanish La Liga soccer match between Osasuna and Barcelona in Pamplona, Spain, Saturday, May 2, 2026.<\/p>\n
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Barcelona’s Robert Lewandowski heads the ball to score his side’s opening goal during a Spanish La Liga soccer match between Osasuna and Barcelona in Pamplona, Spain, Saturday, May 2, 2026.<\/p>\n
Miguel Oses\/AP<\/p>\n
Barcelona’s Robert Lewandowski celebrates after scoring his side’s opening goal during a Spanish La Liga soccer match between Osasuna and Barcelona in Pamplona, Spain, Saturday, May 2, 2026.<\/p>\n
Miguel Oses\/AP<\/p>\n
Barcelona’s Robert Lewandowski celebrates after scoring his side’s opening goal during a Spanish La Liga soccer match between Osasuna and Barcelona in Pamplona, Spain, Saturday, May 2, 2026.<\/p>\n
Miguel Oses\/AP<\/p>\n
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) \u2014 Robert Lewandowski and Ferran Torres scored late in Barcelona\u2019s 2-1 win at Osasuna on Saturday that set up a chance for Hansi Flick\u2019s side to be crowned Spanish league champions this weekend.<\/p>\n
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Barcelona opened a 14-point gap over Real Madrid with four rounds left after this weekend. Madrid must win at Espanyol on Sunday to stop Barcelona from clinching a second straight La Liga crown.<\/p>\n
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A victory by Madrid would prolong the title fight another week, when Barcelona hosts Madrid in a “clasico” match.<\/p>\n
Substitute Marcus Rashford picked out a run by Lewandowski and placed a cross for the striker to thump in with a powerful header in the 81st minute.<\/p>\n
That sparked a flurry of goals in the final minutes. Torres added a second goal five minutes later, and Ra\u00fal Garc\u00eda headed in one for Osasuna in the 89th.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have put the pressure on Madrid,\u201d Torres said.<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n Between wrapping it up now or having the chance to do so with a win over Madrid at Camp Nou, Torres said he was fine with celebrating a title from his home on Sunday if Madrid slips at Espanyol.<\/p>\n \u201cFor me I just want to be champions as soon as possible,\u201d he said. \u201cThat way we can start celebrating.\u201d<\/p>\n Flick said that his players \u201cwere celebrating\u201d in the changing room at El Sadar Stadium.<\/p>\n \u201cIt is a huge victory for us,\u201d said the former Bayern Munich coach, who is close to getting his second Spanish league title in as many seasons.<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n \u201cWe did our job today and this is what I want to see from my team,\u201d Flick said.<\/p>\n Barcelona goalkeeper Joan Garc\u00eda made two key saves in the first half to keep it scoreless. Osasuna striker Ante Budimir also struck the post before halftime. It was only the third loss for 10th-placed Osasuna in Pamplona in the league this campaign.<\/p>\n Atletico wins before Arsenal clash<\/p>\n Atletico Madrid rested most of its starters but got goals from two debutants as it won 2-0 at Valencia before it faces Arsenal for a place in the Champions League final.<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n Juli\u00e1n \u00c1lvarez, Alexander Sorloth and Giuliano Simeone, who all finished Wednesday\u2019s 1-1 draw with Arsenal with niggles, were among those players left off Atletico\u2019s squad for the Spanish league game.<\/p>\n Atletico travels to London for the second leg of their Champions League semifinal on Tuesday.<\/p>\n Diego Simeone called up nine youth team players for the visit to Valencia, with Iker Luque and Miguel Cubo coming on in the second half and scoring in the 73rd and 82nd for the win at Mestalla Stadium.<\/p>\n Atletico defender Nahuel Molina almost scored one of the goals of the season when he let rip a powerful strike from near the midfield circle that smacked the corner of the goal frame in the first half.<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n Atletico remained in fourth place and on course for another Champions League berth next season. Valencia was 13th and still in danger of falling into a relegation battle.<\/p>\n Coaching milestones<\/p>\n The game at Valencia was Simeone’s 1,000th as a coach, Atletico said, with 795 at the Spanish club where he has been in charge since 2011.<\/p>\n Ernesto Valverde also coached his 500th game for Athletic Bilbao when he oversaw a 4-2 win at Alaves, with Spain winger Nico Williams scoring twice.<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n Simeone posted on X that he was \u201cgrateful to all the people who have accompanied and helped me reach this figure (players, colleagues, club executives, fans) since I started coaching in 2006.\u201d<\/p>\n Athletic\u2019s players wore shirts with their mothers\u2019 last names on them to mark Mother\u2019s Day, which is held Sunday in Spain.<\/p>\n Villarreal qualifies for Champions League<\/p>\n Villarreal guaranteed it will finish in the top four spots and play in Europe’s elite club tournament for a second straight season after routing Levante 5-1.<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n Georges Mikautadze scored a double for third-placed Villarreal.<\/p>\n<\/a>
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