This Sunday, Barcelona wrote a historic page in Spanish football. The blaugranas beat Real Madrid 2-0 at the Spotify Camp Nou on matchday 35 of LaLiga and were crowned champions of the 2025-26 League, winning their 29th league title for the second consecutive year in what is the first time in history that a team is mathematically proclaimed champion in a Clásico against its eternal rival.
Barcelona closes the tournament with 91 points in a season of absolute dominance under the direction of Hansi Flick, who directed the match hours after receiving the news of his father’s death.
Marcus Rashford opened the scoring with a direct free kick that hit the top corner in the first minutes of the game, in what was an early blow that changed the course of the Classic. Just ten minutes after the first goal, Dani Olmo left a backheel in the area for Ferran Torres, who scored with a powerful shot from the penalty spot to make it 2-0 that practically sealed the game in the first half. Real Madrid, very depleted with eight casualties including Mbappé and Valverde, was barely able to generate danger on Joan García’s goal with a shot by Gonzalo into the side of the net being the Merengues’ clearest chance.
In the second half the script was practically the same with a Barcelona that looked for the third to definitively close the game and a very dense Real Madrid that barely managed to lock Flick’s team in their field for a few minutes but without the ability to close the gap on the scoreboard. At the final whistle, the Camp Nou erupted in celebration in what was a historic night for Spanish football and for Barcelona, which won the LaLiga title in the most anticipated match of the season and in the most special way possible.
A title dedicated to Flick
The victory has an especially emotional flavor for Hansi Flick, who directed the Classic hours after the death of his father on Sunday morning. The Barcelona players wore black armbands during the match and dedicated the title to their coach in one of the most emotional moments the Camp Nou has experienced in recent years. Flick thus culminates an extraordinary season at the helm of the Barça team that has dominated LaLiga from start to finish with overwhelming consistency that left no doubt as to who deserved the title.