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Spanish champion Barcelona capped a cleanable play astatine location — 19 wins successful 19 La Liga matches — with a 3-1 triumph implicit Real Betis connected Sunday (May 17, 2026) arsenic Robert Lewandowski bid an affectional farewell to Camp Nou.
Barcelona announced Saturday (May 16, 2026) that the 37-year-old Lewandowski was leaving aft 4 seasons.
Antoine Griezmann besides said goodbye to Atletico Madrid's fans astatine the Metropolitano stadium earlier helium moves to the United States to play successful Major League Soccer. Atletico bushed Girona 1-0.
Two goals by Raphinha and 1 by Joao Cancelo kept Barcelona cleanable astatine location successful the Spanish league. The Catalan nine had already clinched its 2nd consecutive league rubric 2 rounds ago.
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Lewandowski helped Barcelona triumph 3 Spanish league titles successful 4 seasons, including this campaign, and 1 Copa del Rey, portion scoring an awesome 119 goals successful 192 appearances.
It was an affectional farewell for the Poland striker, who, aft the match, was thrown into the aerial by his teammates. They besides lined up and applauded Lewandowski arsenic helium went toward the locker room.
“It has been an honour to play for this club,” Lewandowski said. “We've enjoyed immoderate large moments successful these 4 years. I americium precise arrogant of everything we person achieved together. Today I accidental goodbye, but I volition ever transportation Barcelona successful my heart. Thank you truthful much, fans. Once a Barca fan, ever a Barca fan.”
Griezmann's goodbye
Griezmann is Atletico's all-time starring scorer.
The French guardant apologised again to fans connected Sunday for having near Atletico to play for rival Barcelona.
“I didn't realise however overmuch I loved you here. I was precise young. I made a mistake, I reconsidered, and we did everything we could to travel backmost and bask it again,” helium said.
Atletico manager Diego Simeone praised the 35-year-old Griezmann.
“Griezmann is perchance the champion 1 to person ever played here,” Simeone said. “He's an bonzer guy, a genius. He's the astir game-changing subordinate that we've coached here.”
Mbappe starts, Sevilla loses but survives
Sevilla avoided relegation contempt a 1-0 nonaccomplishment to Real Madrid astatine home.
Vinicius Junior scored for Madrid, which had already sealed 2nd place.
Kylian Mbappe started for Madrid 3 days aft saying manager Alvaro Arbeloa had made him the team's fourth-choice striker. He came disconnected the seat successful the triumph astatine Oviedo connected Thursday successful what was his instrumentality from an wounded layoff.
It was a choky relegation combat coming into Sunday's matches, and Sevilla secured its salvation acknowledgment to different results. Alaves besides guaranteed much top-tier shot adjacent play with a 1-0 triumph astatine already relegated Oviedo.
Five teams volition participate adjacent weekend's last circular looking to debar the drop: Levante, Osasuna, Elche, Girona and Mallorca.
Levante moved person to information with a 2-0 triumph implicit Mallorca and is 15th with 42 points, the aforesaid fig of points arsenic 16th-place Osasuna and 17th-place Elche.
Osasuna mislaid 2-1 to Espanyol astatine home, portion Elche bushed 10-man Getafe 1-0.
Inside the relegation portion are 17th-place Girona (40 points), second-to-last Mallorca (39) and Oviedo (29).
