Barcelona Crowned the Title without Having to Play

Barcelona tonight crowned champion of the Spanish league football, taking advantage of the fall of the arch-rivals, Real Madrid, in Connela El Prat Stadium, in a positive draw away to Espanyol in order to like him.

This is the third time in history that declaring Liga champions Barcelona without having to play a match. The first time was in 1991 after losing the season rival Atletico Madrid in San Sebastian.

Four seasons ago, Josep Guardiola's team crowned and then assistant Tito Vilanova, the title Saturday when Real Madrid lost 2-3 at Villarreal, and was then Barca will play their match on Sunday in Mallorca Stadium.

The title is the only who Barcelona reaps so far in the season, after falling in the cup semi-final against Real Madrid, and the same role Champions League against Bayern Munich, as well as after losing the Spanish Super Cup against Real Madrid.

The title is the 22 for the first Barca and the Catalans coach, Tito Vilanova, and the fourth team in the last five seasons, after Real Madrid won the last season.

And the difference between Barcelona and Real Madrid, the record-holder in La Liga titles, reduced to ten titles.

With Atletico Madrid come as the third the most culminations with La Liga the difference with nine titles.

It is noteworthy that Barcelona was the first teams of Spain culmination of the Spanish league title in the 1928-1929 season, after Athletic Bilbao acquired the title twice in a row, before it appears in the picture Real Madrid win the title twice in a row as well.

Real Madrid gave the title of the Spanish league (La Liga) "officially" to arch-rivals Barcelona after he draw with one vs. one outside the home to Espanyol in a match of the thirty-sixth week on Saturday evening.