📸 Yamal seals Barça’s 28th title, left-foot magic and an assist 💫 | OneFootball

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It was bound to end like this, with Lamine Yamal scoring the decisive goal to give Barcelona the mathematical certainty of winning their 28th Liga title.

The 17-year-old illuminated the evening at Cornellá with a left-footed shot from outside the area in the second half, the goal that decided the derby against city rivals Espanyol, decisive for the title, in a stadium where the Blaugrana have never suffered defeats.

This is Barcelona's 12th title in the 21st century: only Bayern have won more in the same period of time in the top five European championships.

However, the start of the game was marked by an incident that occurred off the field just moments before kick-off, a multiple car collision that left 13 people slightly injured.

The game was also interrupted for a few minutes due to a pitch invasion calling for the suspension of the game.

At 21', the Estadi Cornellà crowd, as usual, paid tribute to the "eternal captain" of the team, Dani Jarque, who died of a heart attack in 2009.

After a first half in which Barcelona struggled to unlock the game, constantly frustrated by Espanyol's alert defense and only managing one shot on goal in the first 45', the magic that decided the match and sealed Barcelona's title arrived at the start of the second half.

At 53', Lamine Yamal broke free from Espanyol's defense with a blistering run, before unleashing a left-footed shot that found the net. Pure magic.

This is the third goal scored by the young Barça player from outside the area since March. 8 goals and 14 assists in La Liga for him, 17 goals in all competitions.

Most importantly, a decisive goal that crowns the extraordinary season of the young champion.

Yamal was also the protagonist of the other event that marked the game, namely the sending off of Leandro Cabrera of Espanyol in the 80', after the defender had deliberately hit the Blaugrana talent, seeing him shown a red card after a brief VAR check.

The game was then sealed by Fermin Lopez, who scored the 2-0 goal in the 6th minute of stoppage time: a shot from the edge of the area on a ball recovered and served by... who else but Lamine Yamal.

After the final whistle, there were some scuffles between the players on the field: two years ago, Barça had won the title on Espanyol's field and the team had to run to the locker room to escape an invasion of the field by some home fans.

For this reason, Barcelona's celebrations took place in the locker room, waiting to be able to take the Liga trophy to the Camp Nou.