The first person after Messi! Mbappe won the European Golden Boot, marking the first time a La Liga player has received the award in five years[KUI]

With the conclusion of the competition, the 2024-25 season of the top five leagues has come to an end. For the defending champion of La Liga, Real Madrid, this has been a bad season, but the new signing Mbappe has proved through actual matches that he is still the most powerful striker of this era.

In La Liga, Real Madrid lagged behind Barcelona coached by Flick from the very beginning. Although they once topped the table, their stability and stamina were not as good as Barcelona's, and they were unable to hold onto the top spot. Moreover, they have faced Barcelona four times in La Liga, the Spanish Super Cup and the Copa del Rey, and almost every time they suffered a crushing defeat. In the Copa del Rey final, Barcelona was forced into extra time. In La Liga, they lost 3-4 away to Barcelona, but only managed to save some face.

The double defeat by Arsenal in the quarter-finals of the Champions League was no accident. Even in the league stage, it was already evident that Real Madrid had no chance of defending their title. Having lost to Lille, AC Milan and Liverpool, if it weren't for the narrow away win over Atalanta to secure a match point and then the consecutive victories over the weak teams, they wouldn't even have qualified for the play-offs. Drawing Manchester City in the play-offs of the knockout stage may seem like a bad draw, but it's actually a good one. Guardiola's team is in a worse situation than Real Madrid. Eliminating Atletico Madrid in the round of 16 was not convincing and could be described as good luck. So, it's perfectly normal for them to be eliminated by Arsenal next.