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Published On 1 May 2026<\/span>1 May 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Barcelona could clinch a second straight La Liga title this weekend if it maintains its winning form and Real Madrid endures another stumble.<\/p>\n The Catalan club leads Madrid by 11 points with five games left.<\/p>\n list of 4 items<\/span>end of list<\/span><\/section>\n If Barcelona wins at Osasuna on Saturday, then Madrid must also win at Espanyol on Sunday to prolong the title race for at least one more round.<\/p>\n If everything goes Barcelona\u2019s way this weekend, then it will host Real Madrid in a Clasico in the following game as the newly crowned champion.<\/p>\n While Hansi Flick is on the cusp of a third major title, including the 2025 Copa del Rey, in his two years in charge of Barcelona, Madrid is facing a second straight season without a major piece of silverware.<\/p>\n Barcelona is running away with the domestic title.<\/p>\n It has won nine straight in La Liga, a domestic winning run marred only by a loss to Atletico Madrid in the Champions League quarterfinals, costing them their place in the competition.<\/p>\n The Catalan club cannot expect an easy victory in Pamplona, however, as they attempt to heap the pressure on second-placed Real Madrid.<\/p>\n Ninth-placed Osasuna has lost only twice at its El Sadar Stadium this season and is on a run of 10 straight home matches without defeat.<\/p>\n Madrid, meanwhile, has only one win in its last six games across all competitions as it limps to the finish of a disappointing season in which Xabi Alonso was fired and \u2014 barring a drastic change of events \u2014 Alvaro Arbeloa will also be ousted in the offseason.<\/p>\n Espanyol has been in an even bigger rut than Madrid.<\/p>\n Espanyol was in fifth place at the start of 2026, but it has yet to win this year, an astonishing run of 16 games, and fallen into the large group of teams trying to avoid relegation.<\/p>\n Atletico Madrid plays at Valencia on Saturday before Diego Simeone\u2019s team visits Arsenal next week with their Champions League semifinal poised after a 1-1 first-leg draw.<\/p>\n Barcelona\u2019s 22-year-old midfielder Fermin Lopez, who is expected to play for Spain at this year\u2019s World Cup, is finishing the campaign as one of its most incisive attacking players.<\/p>\n His goal in the 2-0 win at Getafe last Saturday was number 13 for Ferm\u00edn this season to go with 16 assists.<\/p>\n While Madrid struggles, Vinicius Junior is keeping up his good form with two goals in his last two league games.<\/p>\n Lamine Yamal is out for the season for Barcelona with a muscle injury, but coach Flick is celebrating the return of winger Raphinha from injury.<\/p>\n Raphinha suffered a hamstring injury while playing for Brazil in March, which left him sidelined as Barcelona were knocked out of the Champions League by Atletico.<\/p>\n \u201cRapha is a player who always gives us 100 percent, when he\u2019s on the pitch or in training,\u201d Flick told reporters on Friday.<\/p>\n \u201cHis mentality, his attitude, is always 100 percent and that helps us a lot. This season he has \u2026 had to suffer [from injury], so for us, it\u2019s important to have him back.<\/p>\n \u201cHe will also travel with us and we\u2019ll see what happens [against Osasuna] \u2026 I think also for the team it\u2019s great to have him back, because he\u2019s one of our captains, he\u2019s positive and can give us these things that we need.\u201d<\/p>\n Flick also added the Yamal is recovering well from his hamstring injury, which is not expected to threaten his World Cup chances.<\/p>\n \u201cHe\u2019s doing good, so the evolution is good, I think we will see him in the World Cup,\u201d said Flick.<\/p>\n \u201cHe has time, more time, to recover, to come back. And this is what he wants.\u201d<\/p>\n If Barca win their remaining five league matches, they will reach the 100-point record first set by Jose Mourinho\u2019s Real Madrid in 2012 and then matched by Tito Vilanova\u2019s Barcelona side in 2013.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are only focussed on the next match, [but] of course, we want to win every game between now and the end of the season,\u201d said Flick.<\/p>\n \u201cFor me, it would be perfect when we can win every game, but also, we have tough opponents. Our job is, in every match, to play on our best level, to learn from the game for the next game and for our training.<\/p>\n \u201cSo this is our philosophy, our attitude, our mentality.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Published On 1 May 20261 May 2026 Barcelona could clinch a second straight La Liga title this weekend if it maintains its winning form and Real Madrid endures another stumble. The Catalan club leads Madrid by 11 points with five games left. 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