FC Barcelona around national goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen suffered a surprising home defeat and delivered arch-rival Real Madrid a through ball to win the Spanish soccer championship.
After the 0: 1 (0: 1) of the Catalans against Rayo Vallecano, the royals only need one point to win the title early.
Behind Real (78), Barca are still second in the table with five games to go, but Sevilla FC are third but have the same number of points (63). In Sunday night’s catch-up game, Alvaro Garcia scored the early goal for Rayo (7′).
Madrid can secure the LaLiga championship at home against Espanyol Barcelona (4:15 p.m.) on Saturday.