La Liga Roundup, May 4

 
La Liga Roundup: Ten-man Real Madrid defeated Osasuna 2-1 to win its record 31st Spanish league title. [link]

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Domestic bliss for Real and Bayern, but what about Europe?

Two giants of European football, Real Madrid and Bayern Munich wrapped up their respective league titles with plenty of room to spare this weekend. Real, the nine-times European champions, snatched a dramatic 2-1 win away to Osasuna in the ...
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ESPNsoccernet - Europe - La Liga: Real leave it late to secure 31st title

MADRID, May 4 (Reuters) - MADRID, May 4 (Reuters) - Real Madrid fought their way back after a sending off and going a goal down to snatch a dramatic 2-1 victory at Osasuna and win their 31st league title on Sunday. With Villarreal beating Getafe 2-0 ...
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Write It Like Disaster

The art of being an elite club in European football is the art of forgetting how to be happy. The competitions you don’t win have to sit like a stone in the middle of your consciousness of the competitions you do. Stoke City (“not an ...
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Time to salute the champions as Madrid get the party started ... just

Sid Lowe: A goal down with minutes to play, Madrid - not brilliant but full of fight - came back, won the title and headed for the capital's streets
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