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– Barcelona ended their season with a home defeat against Villarreal as they finished on their lowest La Liga points total in 14 years.
– Villarreal, this season’s Champions League semi-finalists, booked a Europa Conference League spot with their victory in the Nou Camp.
– Alfonso Pedraza ran onto Dani Parejo’s pass to give them the lead.
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– Moi Gomez made it 2-0 after a terrible pass across his own box by Barcelona’s on-loan winger Adama Traore.
– Frenkie de Jong thought he had pulled one back but his header was disallowed for offside.
– Barca finish second on 73 points, 13 behind champions Real Madrid, and without a trophy.
– Results picked up after Xavi replaced Ronald Koeman as manager but they were too far behind to compete.
– The last time they got fewer points was in 2007-08, when they finished third on 67 points.
– Elsewhere, fourth-placed Sevilla won 1-0 against Athletic Bilbao, who miss out on European football next season.
– Atletico Madrid, who finished third, won 2-1 at sixth-placed Real Sociedad.
