While the champion of the league has already been decided heading into the final La Liga matchday, there was still a big mystery at the bottom of the table. Who was heading down to Spain’s second division?
Celta and Leganés both suffered a tense 90 minutes on Sunday night, but Celta ended up barely finding safety and Leganés was relegated in heartbreaking fashion.
Celta, a team that had spent millions of dollars last summer and brought in players such as Denis Suárez, Rafinha, and Santi Mina, never thought that it would have been in a relegation fight.
However, their draw on the road against bottom of the table Espanyol, combined with a Leganés draw against La Liga champions Real Madrid, meant that they were able to at least escape from a fate that had once seemed unimaginable.
Leganés, on the other hand, spent nearly the entire season in the relegation zone of the table and suffered a couple of big losses in the winter after strikers Youssef En-Nesyri and Martin Braithwaite left for Sevilla and Barcelona, respectively.
However, the team from the Madrid suburbs nearly completed a miraculous comeback to stay in the league for the fifth consecutive season.
After being down 1-2 in the second half to Real Madrid, they tied up the score thanks to a Roger Assale goal in the 78th minute.
They desperately attacked Real Madrid for the final 10 minutes of the game plus added time, but simply couldn’t find the net and their draw sealed their relegation down to the second division.
At the end of the day, Celta’s players had escaped relegation and Leganés’s will have to begin planning for a promotion push next season if they want to return to La Liga.
