Finally... Barcelona Has a Chance to Resolve the La Liga Title

Real Madrid refused to surrender in recent weeks, but the leader Barcelona finally arrived to the point that will control their own destiny and to ensure that the title of the Spanish first division football for the 22 time in their history if they beat their host Atletico Madrid on Sunday.

Barcelona needs two points from their last four matches in the competition to regain the title from arch-rivals Real Madrid, who win at Espanyol on Saturday to keep the hope poorly in competition.

This will be the fourth title for Barcelona in the league in five years, a feat close to the "Dream Team" that won the competition four times in a row in the nineties of the last century.

This will be the first title to Barcelona under Coach Tito Vilanova, who took the job of Pep Guardiola in the end of last season.

And Atletico make sure of the end the competition in third place and qualify directly for the group stage of the Champions League next season.

As Atletico looks forward to the King's Cup final against Real Madrid on May 17 but the current Argentine coach Diego Simeone stressed that the focus will be on the Barcelona meeting.

Simeone said at a news conference on Wednesday, "We cannot allow ourselves not to think about the next game because we've never dealt with things differently. Need to focus on Barcelona."

"We know it's going to be a tough match on Sunday, but fans could meet and celebrate qualifying for the Champions League."

Real Madrid reduced the gap with Barcelona to eight points after crushing home to Malaga 6-2 on Wednesday and could move closer if they beat Espanyol hosts on Saturday.

But Barcelona win over Atletico will ensure the team title with only two games left for Real Madrid.

Atletico won 3-1 at Celta Vigo on Wednesday to strengthen its position in third place, 14 points ahead of Real Sociedad, who finished fourth, which hosts Granada on Monday.

And the League title will ease after defeating of the mother Barcelona team 7 - zero on aggregate before the Champions League final against Bayern Munich this month, the worst result for the Catalan club in its history at the continental level.

After his missing the second leg of the semi-final of the Champions League last week due to his injury, it seems that Lionel Messi Barcelona striker and best player in the world has regained full fitness and can add more to 46 goals in league tally against Atletico.

And Messi holds the record for scoring in a single season when he scored 50 goals in the last league competition and make a difference of 12 goals Cristiano Ronaldo Real Madrid striker.

Barcelona perhaps regain efforts of the Argentine Javier Mascherano after he participated with his teammates in training on Wednesday for the first time since suffering a knee ligament during the eight leg of the Champions League against Paris St Germain.

 Villanova who is suffering from cancer of the larynx will return to Barcelona from New York later Thursday.

Barcelona midfielder Sergio Busquets said "at a news conference on Wednesday," the win of the league is special and more memorable. "

 "It's a tournament that reward consistency in performance is the most important. What is more it is the fourth league title in five years and that's great."