The English Premier League season ends this Sunday. There is only one thing left to play for: the last Champions League spot. Manchester City should win and finish third. Liverpool should win and finish fourth and Arsenal might win and could finish third or fourth if the other two mess up. But that's it. That's the extent of the possible excitement.
In Spain, Real Madrid need a point at Malaga to win La Liga. It seems like a formality against a team with nothing to play for. But there are a couple of stories that are giving the build-up to the final day a bit of an exciting twist. In 1992 and 1993, Real went to Tenerife needing a win for the title and both times they lost. In 1992, they were 2-0 up and lost 3-2. To lose the title on the final day of the season in two consecutive seasons against the same team is quite something. One of the players in that Real team was Michel Gonzalez, who is now Malaga's manager. Michel is a true Madridista and has said that he wants Real to win the league. And Malaga's president recently tweeted: "Catalan scum will not get a whiff of the title." And there are five ex-Real players in the Malaga team. And Malaga will earn €1m Euros as a bonus from the transfer of Isco to Real if they win the league. The Tenerife nightmare may seem like it could come back to haunt Real but in Barcelona there doesn't seem to be much hope. "Malaga smells white," was a headline in a Barcelona newspaper this week.
With all the major European leagues settled without much excitement, Spain could maybe just offer a glimmer of hope for last day drama.
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