What happened in football today: May 22
By The Athletic Staff
Here s your quickfire digest on the things you need to know.
Atletico win La Liga title
Atletico were in control of their own fate going into the last game of the season and knew a win would secure the title. As for Real Madrid, they had to beat Villarreal and hope Atletico suffered defeat.
As it happened, both Atletico and Real defeated their opponents 2-1 but Atletico maintained their two-point lead over second-placed Madrid to seal the title.
Barcelona, meanwhile, finished third after a 1-0 victory over Eibar, who along with Valladolid, were relegated to the second tier.
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A summary of Florentino Perez’s interview on El Larguero
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Florentino Perez made an appearance on El Larguero tonight. He was supposed to appear on the show last night, but ended up being in a meeting with the European Super League’s founding members at that time instead.
Tonight, immediately after Real Madrid’s win over Cadiz, Florentino sat in the Cadena Ser studio, and his interview overlapped with Zinedine Zidane’s post-game presser.
Florentino’s interview was bizarre, and likely could’ve been avoided entirely. It was not helpful to an already disastrous PR campaign for the failed Super League.
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