Spanish football photos

The Spanish league season reaches an exciting climax with Real Madrid and Barcelona vying for the Liga title

David Beckham is chasing his first Spanish League title and knows victory in his final game against Mallorca will be enough

Mallorca's Fernando Varela does not appear to have read the script though and puts the visitors ahead after 17 minutes

Real suffer a blow when Ruud van Nistelrooy is injured and Beckham screws a shot wide as they reach half-time behind

Barcelona are faring much better at already-relegated Gimnastic - skipper Carlos Puyol puts them in front

Lionel Messi and Ronaldinho put Barca in command at half-time - if the scores stay the same, the Catalans win La Liga

Messi scores his second and Barcelona's fourth just after the break - they are doing all they can, but will Mallorca hold out?

Back at the Bernabeu and Beckham is substituted for Jose Antonio Reyes - all he can do now is shout encouragement

The Real supporters show their appreciation to Beckham, but of more importance is the need to score twice

And Reyes duly obliges, equalising just two minutes after coming on - but with Barca winning, Real must score again

Beckham may have an injured left leg, but that does not stop him celebrating Real's second goal which could win the title

Reyes then fires in a third to spark wild scenes on the bench as the realisation that a 30th La Liga crown is theirs sinks in

Barca win 5-1, but Real's superior head-to-head record in the league this season means they win the title

The celebrations in Madrid will go on long into the night - it is the Spanish giants' first league title in four years

It is a fitting end to Beckham's career in Spain - the midfielder now moves on to America to ply his trade with LA Galaxy

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