FC Barcelona woke up to a triumphant Monday morning after clinching the 2025-26 La Liga title with a dominant 2-0 victory over arch-rivals Real Madrid at Spotify Camp Nou. The win marked the second consecutive league crown under manager Hansi Flick and lifted the club’s record to 29 league titles.
The national sports press unanimously hailed Barcelona’s achievement, with newspapers from both Madrid and Barcelona celebrating the magnitude of the feat. MARCA led with “ALIRÓN WITHOUT EQUAL,” emphasizing that the Blaugrana side won the championship “right in the face of their greatest rival.” The front page featured an image of Flick being tossed into the air by his players, capturing the euphoria of a project that has reached full maturity.
AS ran with the headline “AN ALIRÓN FOR THE HISTORY BOOKS,” highlighting an unprecedented statistic: this was the first time a league title was mathematically decided in a Clásico. The Madrid-based newspaper criticized Real Madrid, calling them a “soulless” side that could not match Barcelona’s superiority.
The match’s decisive moments came in a blistering first half, with goals from Marcus Rashford and Ferran Torres sealing a 2-0 win. Mundo Deportivo greeted the champions by noting the “total party” at Camp Nou, celebrating the second straight league title of the Flick era.
SPORT focused on the emotional side of the victory under the headline “CHAMPIONS! AND A HISTORIC CELEBRATION,” revealing that the squad dedicated the triumph to Flick, whose father had passed away just hours before kickoff. On the other hand, the Madrid press pointed to a deepening crisis in Chamartín, highlighting a lackluster performance from Kylian Mbappé, who was criticized for “going missing” in the season’s most important match, leaving Real Madrid chasing the game from the start.