Real Madrid's record-extending 34th LaLiga title was heralded as "Unforgettable!" in the Spanish capital, but in Barcelona the mourning was just beginning on Friday.
The newsstands in each city presented front pages that could hardly have been more contrasting, with the Madrid-based papers in celebratory mood and those from Barcelona reflecting a solemn tone.
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Madrid clinched their latest success with a 2-1 win over Villarreal on Thursday, and Lionel Messi's brutal assessment of Barca's failings also caught the eye in the Spanish sports press.
Here is a look at how they reported the triumph of Zinedine Zidane's team, and a grim night for Quique Setien's Barca.
MARCA: "Unforgettable!"
Spain's best-known sports newspaper is Madrid-based, and its wraparound cover showed Zidane's squad in party mood.
#LaPortada ¡Inolvidable! pic.twitter.com/QOjb2swcjY
— MARCA (@marca) July 17, 2020
AS: "And they go to 34!"
As well as quoting Zidane's comment that the title made him "happier than the Champions League", Madrid-based AS found space on its own wraparound cover for Messi, saying he "explodes after the latest fiasco" for Barcelona.
¡Buenos días!
— Diario AS (@diarioas) July 17, 2020
No es un viernes cualquiera para los madridistas
Esta es la #PortadaAS de hoy #FelizViernes pic.twitter.com/6hZAyItU3i
SPORT : "This isn't enough"
Barcelona-based SPORT pictured a despondent Messi, accompanied by his declaration that the Catalan giants have not reached the heights required of champions.
#PortadaSPORT
— Diario SPORT (@sport) July 16, 2020
"CON ESTO NO NOS DA"
https://t.co/medFFGbEgO pic.twitter.com/XV0X8ROQs9
MUNDO DEPORTIVO: "Messi explodes"
Another Barcelona-based daily reflected the anger of captain Messi, who said after Madrid landed the title that his team must be "self-critical" before next season begins.
La portada del 17 de julio
— Mundo Deportivo (@mundodeportivo) July 16, 2020
El Madrid, campeón
Messi explota https://t.co/lIbJNNk2KR pic.twitter.com/aO0kWubax4
L'ESPORTIU: "People are running out of patience because we don’t give them anything"
The Catalan-language sports newspaper inevitably also focused on the frustrations of Messi, picturing the Argentinian with the Barcelona shirt pulled over his face.
"LA GENT S'ESTÀ QUEDANT SENSE PACIÈNCIA PERQUÈ NO LI DONEM RES". Messi retrata la decacència del @FCBarcelona_cat el dia que el Madrid guanya la lliga. @RCDEspanyol @marcmarquez93 pic.twitter.com/wZjRoxdeSz
— L'Esportiu - Girona (@lesportiuGIR) July 16, 2020
L'EQUIPE: "The jewels of Real"
Madrid's title provided cause for celebration in France, where the high-circulation sports daily L'Equipe splashed with pictures of Zidane and Karim Benzema, the two Frenchmen at the centre of Los Blancos' success story.
Voici la une du journal L'Équipe de ce vendredi 17 juillet. pic.twitter.com/IF9iNPUiwZ
— L'ÉQUIPE (@lequipe) July 16, 2020
