Real Madrid 1-1 Athletic Bilbao
Real Madrid brought the curtains down on their LaLiga campaign and recorded a 1-1 draw against Athletic Bilbao on Sunday.
Hours after his decision to leave the club, Karim Benzema returned from the win over Sevilla as Dani Carvajal, Eduardo Camavinga, Nacho Fernandez and Vinicius Junior were also recalled.
There was early drama where an outstretched arm in the area from Toni Kroos off an attempt by Inaki Williams resulted in a penalty, but Mikel Vesga couldn't capitalise as Thibaut Courtois made the save.
With no goals during the first half, the Basque outfit stunned the host five minutes in the second half as Oihan Sancet pounced on a rebound from Thibaut Courtois and made it 1-0.
Real pulled level though in the closing stages when the man of the moment Benzema tucked in from the spot following a foul on Eder Militao and level it finished.
Carlo Ancelotti's men finished the season in second place while Bilbao ended outside the European spots.
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Celta Vigo 2-1 FC Barcelona
Champions FC Barcelona succumbed to a 2-1 loss to Celta Vigo in their final encounter of the season.
It was a strong line-up presented from the Catalans with top-scorer Robert Lewandowski leading the line alongside Brazilian international Raphinha.
Barcelona did have the ball in the net in the opening minutes through a clever finish from Franck Kessie, but it was overturned as the midfielder strayed offside.
The host went to break with the lead after a snap effort from Gabri Veiga beat the opposite number Marc-Andre Ter Stegen and nestled the net.
Gabri Veiga was at it again following the break where he saw a cross-cum shot from the right wrong-foot substitute goalkeeper Inaki Pena and nestled the net.
Barca reduced the tally within the closing ten minutes as Ansu Fati managed to get on the end of a clever delivery to the box and hit the net, but the host regrouped and bagged the win to avoid relegation.
Villarreal 2-2 Atletico Madrid
Atletico Madrid finished their campaign with an entertaining 2-2 draw against Villarreal CF and ended third on the table.
With matters off the mark, the Yellow Submarines hit the front nine minutes in courtesy of a nicely weighted finish from Nicolas Jackson.
Atleti did drew level exactly nine minutes later when an assist from Antoine Griezmann saw Angel Correa pounce to nestle the back of the net.
The aforementioned duo combined again over ten minutes in the second half where the Frenchman set-up the Argentine again to put them in front.
Diego Simeone's men were reduced to ten players with 20 minutes to go after Axel Witsel saw red for an on-field indiscretion.
Villarreal snatched a point in the dying minutes as Jorge Pascual made full use of sloppy defending and executed to see out matters, with Atleti ending the season in third and the host fifth.
Final day results:
Real Mallorca 3-0 Rayo Vallecano
Real Sociedad 2-1 Sevilla
Osasuna 2-1 Girona
Real Betis 1-1 Valencia
Real Valladolid 0-0 Getafe
Elche 1-1 Cadiz
Espanyol 3-3 Almeria
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