The language of numbers and history is in favor of Barcelona and supports the prospect of winning the Spanish Football League title for the 27th time in its history and the first since the 2018-2019 season.
The Catalan team currently tops the La Liga table with 62 points, outperforming its arch-rivals Real Madrid by 9 points, after 24 rounds of the current season.
And the Spanish newspaper "Marca" confirms that this difference after the end of 24 rounds has not been able to be compensated by any team in the "La Liga" throughout the history of the competition.
The results of the 24th round matches came at the forefront, as Barcelona's ships desired;
As the "Blaugrana" snatched a difficult victory from its guest, Valencia, with the sole goal of the Brazilian Rafinha, last Sunday.
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In the same round, Real Madrid fell into a tie trap against its host Real Betis, which is the second consecutive tie for the “Meringue” in the Spanish League and the fifth since the start of the season.
The difference between the two rivals widened to 9 points.
And "Marca" stated that Barcelona is the only team in the "La Liga" that came from afar, and achieved the Spanish League title, despite its distance from the top spot.
This happened in the 1998-1999 season, when Barcelona was in ninth place, at a time when Real Mallorca was in the lead, but the “Blaugrana” led by Dutch coach Louis van Gaal ended the competition at that time as a champion (82 points), while Mallorca fell to third place. (66 points), and Real Madrid finished second (68).
However, the Spanish newspaper indicated that there were two teams that succeeded in winning the Spanish League, despite being 8 points behind the leaders.
For the first time, Barcelona was also the owner of the "amazing" comeback, as it trailed Real Madrid by 8 points in the 24th round of the 1990-1991 season, and at that time the winner was collecting only two points.
And the “Blaugrana” finished that season as the league champion with 57 points, while Real Madrid fell to third place (46 points), leaving the runner-up to its neighbor Atletico Madrid (47 points).
As for the second time, the victim was Real Madrid as well, and the champion was Valencia, who was crowned champion of the 2003-2004 season with 77 points, followed by Barcelona (72 points) and then Deportivo La Coruña (71 points), while the “Merengue” retreated to fourth place (70 points). .
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And "Marca" concluded that Real Madrid would enter the history of the "La Liga" from the wide door if it succeeded in making up for the nine-point difference that separates it from Xavi's sons this season.
The features of the "La Liga" champion may become clear in the next two rounds, as Barcelona travels to the Basque Country to face Athletic Bilbao in an expected match, while Real Madrid hosts Espanyol in the 25th round.
After that, Real Madrid will visit the “Camp Nou” stadium for the Barcelona match in the 26th round on the 19th of this month, and at that time the difference may remain as it is, or it may widen and may narrow, all of this depends on the results of the three matches mentioned.