Madrid, May 24 -- The 2025-26 La Liga season ended Saturday night with Barcelona champion, Real Madrid second and Oviedo, Mallorca and Girona relegated to the second tier.
FC Barcelona finished top of the class, with Hansi Flick's side recovering from a slow start, perhaps affected by the loss of defender Inigo Martinez to Saudi Arabia, to dominate the competition.
Lamine Yamal, Pedri, Raphinha, Pau Cubarsi, Eric Garcia and Joan Garcia were all outstanding, but Flick also deserves special praise for showing faith in young players and rotating a thin squad so effectively that injuries to key players were hardly noticed.
Villarreal, Real Betis, Celta, Getafe and Rayo Vallecano also deserve high marks. Villarreal played rapid counter-attack...