Due to problems with the adductors, Austria’s soccer star only saw as a spectator on Saturday how the “Royal” crowned themselves Spanish champions for the 35th time in the club’s history. Alaba is celebrating the championship title for the tenth year in a row. The 29-year-old from Vienna had previously won ten titles, nine of them in a row, with Bayern Munich.
After beating Espanyol Barcelona 4-0 four rounds before the end, Real can no longer be caught by the competition. As the current first pursuer, FC Sevilla is 17 points behind. The dethroned champions 2020/21 Atletico Madrid could catch up with the Andalusians in the evening game. Real – led by 25-time goalscorer Karim Benzema – have scored by far the most goals (73) and conceded the fewest of all 20 LaLiga teams (29).
Victory number 25 of the season was an unchallenged one. Rodrygo heated up the party atmosphere among Real fans with a brace (33rd, 43rd). Marco Asensio (55th) extended the lead. After the supposed 4-0 by Isco (72nd) was annulled for offside after a VAR consultation, Benzema scored the final score (81st).
After the game, celebrations in the city were on the agenda, which should serve as a motivational injection for Alaba and Co. for tasks that still have to be completed. “I think that would help us for the game against Manchester City,” said Real coach Carlo Ancelotti before the game. “Carletto” was the first coach to become champions in the five so-called top leagues in Europe: Italy (2004/Milan), England (2010/Chelsea), France (2013/Paris Saint-Germain), Germany (2017/Bayern Munich) and now Spain .
For Ancelotti’s fourth Champions League title, Real must turn back a 3: 4 from the semi-final first leg against the English champions. It is still unclear whether Alaba will be fit in time for the second leg at the home Bernabeu Stadium on Wednesday (9 p.m.). In any case, he would “do everything” to be operational, promised the Viennese, who played in central defence.
Source: Nachrichten
