Assuntos: La Liga, Barcelona, Celta de Vigo, Athletic Club, Real Madrid, Sergio Ramos
Despite rescuing only one point at Camp Nou, Los Blaugranas had the last laugh after Real Madrid's draw and Valencia's loss.

If you needed more proof about Barcelona's chances of winning La Liga, their lucky weekend in the domestic top flight will give you an idea on how close they are.

The current league leaders weren't able to beat Celta at home, with one more controversial decision by the game's ref. That didn't matter, because Real Madrid failed to cut short their lead after their draw against Athletic.

To give Ernesto Valverde's side more reasons to smile, Valencia saw their unbeaten streak coming to an end against Getafe, leaving Los Culés with a five-point lead in the Spanish top flight.

Lug.EquipaJVEDGMGSDGPResultados
1 Real Madrid 33 26 6 1 71 22 +49 84 VVVVV
2 Barcelona 33 22 7 4 68 39 +29 73 VDVVV
3 Girona 33 22 5 6 69 40 +29 71 VVDVD
4 Atlético Madrid 33 20 4 9 62 39 +23 64 VDVVD
5 Athletic Club 34 17 10 7 55 33 +22 61 VDEED
6 Real Sociedad 33 13 12 8 46 35 +11 51 DEEVV
7 Real Betis 33 12 13 8 41 39 +2 49 EVVDD
8 Valencia 33 13 8 12 37 38 -1 47 DDVVE
9 Villarreal 33 12 9 12 54 55 -1 45 VVEDV
10 Getafe 34 10 13 11 41 47 -6 43 DVEED
11 Osasuna 33 11 6 16 37 49 -12 39 DDDVD
12 Deportivo Alavés 33 10 8 15 31 38 -7 38 VVDDD
13 Sevilla 33 9 11 13 42 46 -4 38 EVVVD
14 Las Palmas 33 10 7 16 30 41 -11 37 DDDDD
15 Rayo Vallecano 33 7 13 13 27 42 -15 34 DVEEV
16 Mallorca 33 6 14 13 27 39 -12 32 EDDEV
17 Celta de Vigo 33 7 10 16 37 50 -13 31 DVDEV
18 Cádiz 33 4 14 15 23 46 -23 26 EDDVD
19 Granada 33 4 9 20 36 61 -25 21 VEVDD
20 Almería 33 1 11 21 32 67 -35 14 DDEDV

Liga dos Campeões (Fase de Grupos)
Liga Europa (Fase de Grupos)
Promotion - Europa Conference League (Qualification: )
Relegation - LaLiga2

This weekend also saw Lionel Messi reaching an interesting milestone with Los Blaugranas, following his first-half goal against Celta.

But why do we feel that Real's chances of re-validatig their La Liga title are slim? Have a look at these numbers.