Barcelona finish with defeat by Villarreal, Granada go down

Barcelona’s Gabonese midfielder Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang kicks the ball during the Spanish League football match between FC Barcelona and Villarreal CF at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona on May 22, 2022. AFPPIX: Barcelona finished 13 points behind La Liga champions Real Madrid after ending their turbulent season with a whimper on Sunday by losing 2-0 at home to Villarreal.

Villarreal's season was lit up by their sensational run to the semi-finals of the Champions League but Unai Emery's team have suffered from inconsistency against the lower sides in La Liga and will be demoted to Europe's third-tier competition next term. “We feel a bit sad about today’s result,“ Dani Alves told Barca TV. “We have to reflect, change our mentality next season and put more effort on the pitch because we are representing this great club and we cannot reach the end of the season again without competing for anything.”

But going out to Frankfurt in the Europa League semi-finals and Athletic Bilbao in the Copa del Rey was disappointing while the drop-off during the run-in suggests there is still a lot of work to do. Atletico's victory over Real Sociedad came after Rodrigo de Paul and Angel Correa scored goals in the second half before Jon Guridi grabbed a consolation for the hosts late on.

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