Barcelona underlined their hegemony of Spanish football by clinching the La Liga...
BARCELONA - Barcelona underlined their hegemony of Spanish football by clinching the La Liga title with three games to spare after Lionel Messi came off the bench to fire them to a 1-0 win over Levante on Saturday in front of a 91,000-strong Nou Camp crowd.
Barca’s dominance of Spanish soccer has been so pronounced that newspaper Marca recently described their vice-like grip on La Liga as “a dictatorship”, adding that “the domestic competition has become Barcelona’s comfort zone”. His criticism had the intended impact. After dropping points in five of their opening 12 games, Barca went on a relentless run after the Betis loss, winning 18 of their next 23 matches to get their hands on the trophy.
Barca effectively banished Real Madrid from the title race with a 1-0 win in the Clasico in March, inflicting more pain on their biggest rivals, who have endured a harrowing season and sacked two managers before re-appointing Zinedine Zidane. His defensive partner Clement Lenglet, meanwhile, has adapted superbly to his first campaign at the club, as have fellow new arrivals Arthur Melo and Arturo Vidal.
“But I have one advantage: my players are magnificent, so it’s easier to achieve what we have done. This is a group which always prepares mentally for every competition. Whenever we have faced top level opponents we have always responded well.
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