Barcelona and Manchester United Seal League Titles, Race To Avoid Relegation Heats Up
As expected, Barcelona and Manchester United sealed their respective league crowns after both getting 1-1 results. Barcelona clinched on Wednesday and United, Saturday. Both teams can now focus on preparing for the Champions League final, which is just under two weeks away!
In the Premier League, the intense race to avoid relegation is going down to the last day. West Ham have already been relegated after they lost to Wigan, who scored in the 90th minute to keep their hopes of staying up alive. Wigan and Blackpool currently round out the bottom three. They are both on 39 points. Birmingham are above them only on goal difference. Wolves and Blackburn follow, both on 40 points. It’s very tight, and there are some huge games coming up this weekend. The biggest will probably be Blackburn vs Wolves. Whoever wins that game should be safe. I won’t even start to go through all the other possibilities; I tried to and my head started to spin! Sufficed to say, even with the Championship decided, it’s going to be a throughly entertaining final weekend in the Premier League.
I love how the EPL focus turns towards relegation (and promotion) at the end of the season…we so need sports like that in the US.