Real Madrid win 36th LaLiga title after Girona leapfrog Barcelona with derby win

Los Blancos defeat Cadiz ahead of title confirmation
Marc Mayo4 May 2024

Real Madrid won their 36th LaLiga title after watching Barcelona throw away a lead to lose to Girona on Saturday.

The Catalan derby looked to be heading Barcelona’s way after Robert Lewandowski’s penalty in first-half stoppage time, yet Girona struck three times in nine minutes to win 4-2.

That elevated this year’s surprise package above the Blaugrana into second place while securing the title for Madrid, who had earlier beaten Cadiz 3-0.

Barcelona had led 1-0 and 2-1 at Estadi Montilivi via goals from Andreas Christensen and Lewandowski, either side of Artem Dovbyk's fourth-minute equaliser.

However, Portu levelled 20 minutes into the second half and, after Miguel Gutierrez had put the home side ahead, sealed a win which sparked celebrations in Madrid and lifted his side above the Catalans into second place.

Earlier, Jude Bellingham scored two minutes after coming off the bench to help ease the leaders to victory over relegation-haunted Cadiz.

It was goalless at half-time at the Bernabeu, but Brahim Diaz broke the deadlock six minutes after the restart and England international Bellingham, a 66th-minute replacement for Arda Guler, made it 2-0 with his 22nd goal of the season before Joselu wrapped up the win deep into injury time.

Defeat left Cadiz five points shy of safety with four games remaining.

Create a FREE account to continue reading

eros

Registration is a free and easy way to support our journalism.

Join our community where you can: comment on stories; sign up to newsletters; enter competitions and access content on our app.

Your email address

Must be at least 6 characters, include an upper and lower case character and a number

You must be at least 18 years old to create an account

* Required fields

Already have an account? SIGN IN

By clicking Sign up you confirm that your data has been entered correctly and you have read and agree to our Terms of use , Cookie policy and Privacy notice .

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Thank you for registering

Please refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged in