And the curtain comes down on the 2019-2020 season in LaLiga
Today's games
1700 Alavés 0, Barça 5 Both playing for pride--Alavés cannot drop and Barça cannot win the league championship. A relaxed Barça puts on a show--all the offense was theirs. Riqui P., Vidal, and Messi hit the woodwork by the time minute 16 had rolled around. At 24', Ansu Fate scores--don't know whether Messi gets credit for an assist (update: Barça's website says he does)--1-0. At 34', Messi scores from Riqui P., at 44', Suárez makes it 0-3 with a header assisted by Alba. Second half: Semedo (
) scores from Riqui P. at 58' for 0-4, and Messi scores from Alba at 75'--0-5 the final.
1830 Valladolid 2, Betis 0 Both are safe from the drop; neither is going to Europe. At 45'+1', Guardiola scores for Valladolid--1-0 at the half. Oscar Plano makes it 2-0 at 63'; that's the final score.
1830 Villarreal 4, Eibar 0 Villarreal has already written their ticket to the EL for next season; Eibar is safe from the drop. Scoreless first half in the Estadio de la Cerámica. Villarreal clinches fifth place in LaLiga with four second-half goals. Anguissa at 71, Gerard Moreno at 86' and 89', and Moi Gómez at 94' do the honors. Santi Cazorla left the game at 82', as he made his final good-bye to the virtual fans in Villarreal's Estadio de la Cerámica. AND I guess it's just been announced that Unai Emery will be Villarreal's manager next season
ALL THE REST ARE AT 2100
ALL GAMES FINAL.
Atlético 1, Real Sociedad 1 Atleti is in the CL for next season; la Real has an EL spot to secure. Koke gives Atleti the lead at 30'. At the half, la Real is out of Europe. Well, I picked the game to watch for excitement--Januzaj comes in very late, takes a free kick at 87' . . . and the free kick somehow eludes Oblak--1-1 and la Real finishes the league in sixth place.
Espanyol 0, Celta 0 Espanyol has dropped; Celta could share Espanyol's fate should they not win and should Leganés win. Goal was posted for Espanyol, but apparently disallowed. At the half, Celta is still in First Division. And Celta avoids the drop.
Granada 4, Athletic 0 Granada could still win an EL spot for the coming season; Athletic cannot. Soldado's goal at 29' has Granada qualified for the EL AT THE HALF. Granada is knocked from 6th place to 7th by the late goal of la Real . . . but that still gets them an EL spot. Second half goals by Antonio Puertas at 55', Carlos Fernández at 67', and Montoro at 94'--4-0 blowout in the Nuevo Los Cármenes.
Leganés 2, Real Madrid 2 Lega can avoid the drop with a win IF Celta does not win. Real has won the championship of LaLiga. Ramos at 9' for Real and Bryan Gil at 45'+1' equalize the score at the half. Lega is still for the drop at the half. At 52', Marco Asensio makes it 1-2; Assalé ties for Lega at 78', but no miracles for Lega, and they drop "with honor."
Levante 1, Getafe 0 Levante goes neither up nor down. Geta needs a win to secure an EL spot; otherwise they probably won't be in Europe next season. Another game in which a posted goal was apparently disallowed. Getafe is still in Europe--by the skin of their teeth. Coke Andújar gives Levante the win at 99'
. . . but Geta was already out of Europe at that point due to Januzaj's goal in the Metropolitano.
Sevilla 1, Valencia 0 Sevilla will finish third or fourth, in a CL spot regardless. Valencia could still end up in an EL spot if they win and others don't. Scoreless in Sevilla at the half. A goal would qualify Valencia--if no other scores change. But the goal was by Reguilón of Sevilla at 55', and Valencia is out of Europe.
Osasuna 2, Mallorca 2 There is a "carambola" in which Osasuna's presence in a four-way tie could influence another team's qualification for the EL. See subway 14's calculations above. Mallorca has already dropped. Adrián at 22' and Lumor at 45'+1' the scorers for Osa and Mallorca respectively. Budimir gives Mallorca the lead at 65'; Iñigo Pérez ties for Osasuna at 68'. No carambola here today
I've lost track 
