Amid the furore of Real Madrid s quite astonishing great escape in the Champions League – well, their latest – it s easy to forget they only won the Spanish title last weekend.
Of course, it had been long foreseen, but Madrid s 35th LaLiga crown was secured with their 4-0 win over Espanyol at the Santiago Bernabeu, leading to a party that had Marcelo climbing statues, Carlo Ancelotti smoking a cigar and David Alaba getting his chair out again.
With a record-extending 17th Champions League final appearance wrapped up, Madrid can turn their attention back to LaLiga knowing they still have a reason to keep themselves sharp, and they could yet equal their best points tally (93) since reaching 100 in 2011-12.
Fittingly, their first league match as champions comes …