🗞️ Flick's Barça on top of the world in Monday's back pages | OneFootball

Barcelona woke up today under a mantle of glory after a night that will be etched into the annals of Spanish football.

The national sports press is unanimous: FC Barcelona are the undisputed champions of LALIGA 2025-26 after sealing the title by defeating Real Madrid at Spotify Camp Nou.

An “Alirón” with a Clásico flavour

The front pages of the leading sports newspapers in Madrid and Barcelona reflect the scale of the feat. MARCA leads with a forceful “ALIRÓN WITHOUT EQUAL”, highlighting that the Blaugrana side were crowned champions “right in the face of their greatest rival”. The image of Hansi Flick being tossed in the air by his players sums up the euphoria of a project that has reached full maturity.

Meanwhile, AS runs with the headline “AN ALIRÓN FOR THE HISTORY BOOKS”, underlining an unprecedented statistical fact: it is the first time a league title has been decided mathematically in a Clásico. The Madrid-based newspaper is critical of Los Blancos, describing them as a “soulless Madrid” that fell to the home side’s superiority.

Rashford and Ferran, the names behind the goals

The account of events is clear across all the front pages. Barça killed off both the match and the title in a blistering first half. Goals from Rashford and Ferran Torres sealed the final 2-0. Mundo Deportivo greets the champions by highlighting that Camp Nou was a “total party” in celebration of the second consecutive league title of the Flick era, taking the club’s tally to its 29th league crown.

The human side and Madrid’s crisis

SPORT focuses on the emotion of the victory under the headline “CHAMPIONS! AND A HISTORIC CELEBRATION”. The publication reveals a moving detail: the squad dedicated the triumph to their coach, Hansi Flick, whose father died in the hours before the match.

On the other side of the coin, the press points to the crisis in Chamartín. There is mention of an Arbeloa side outclassed, with special reference to the absence of Mbappé, who, it is said, “went missing” in the most important match of the year, leaving the team chasing the game throughout.

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