He BarçaLeague champion in 12 of the last 21 seasons, is pursuing the 29th victory in its history after a great first round that will close on Saturday, January 3 in Cornellà-El Prat against him Espanyol. With one day left, the team Hansi Flick (46 points out of 54 possible) leads the Real Madrid in four points, thus achieving the honorary distinction of winter champion. It is the 28th time in which he has achieved it and the balance of the previous 27 cases is 17 league titles won.
In the last 13 previous games, the Barcelona team maintained its privileged position at the end of the year in nine of them. The last time he had honey on his lips was in 2019-20, in that Liga interrupted by the pandemic that had a cluster of arbitrations favorable to the Real Madrid as the main protagonist of the resumption of the tournament behind closed doors with the final 11 days.
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In the last 10 Leagues, he ended up lifting the trophy eight times, which had been the best in the competition in the midway point. The two exceptions are from the aforementioned 2019-20, with a white alirón at the end, and the 2024-25, in which the Atlético de Madrid He couldn’t hold out in first place and gave in, just like the Madridbefore him Barça of Flick. The colchoneros had six points ahead of the culés compared to five from the meringues. Barcelona’s extraordinary second round, with only two draws conceded (1-1 in Getafe and 1-1 in Montjuïc against him Betis) and a defeat (2-3 against Villarreal) with the title already mathematically tied up a day before in the field of Espanyol (0-2), interrupted the trend that gives favoritism to the team that best reaches the middle of the Championship.
This campaign, Barça has reached the Christmas holidays with a 24 of 24 since the defeat (2-1), plagued by casualties, in the Santiago Bernabéu against him Real Madridwhich has squandered the five points of income it had on October 26 to be four below its eternal rival. In the remaining 20 days, the Barça will play 10 games in the Spotify Camp Nou and 10 out. After going to the parakeet fiefdom, the visits to Royal Society (January 18), Athletic (March 8) and Atlético de Madrid (April 5) appear to be the most complicated a priori. He Classic The 35th matchday (May 10) at the Barça Coliseum is once again shaping up to be decisive.
