Today’s front-page headlines from Marca, AS and Mundo Deportivo…
Without direction
Villarreal 1-0 Real Madrid
Madrid insist on a two-way La Liga: they allow Barcelona and Atletico to escape
Neither Barca stumbling or Atletico winning motivates Los Blancos, who pay for their first half against Villarreal
Ramos: “I admire Pique, but I ask him to respect his fellow professionals”
Benitez: “It’s hard to explain, it was a day to demonstrate that we could win the League”
Luis Enrique: “After Barca, I will take a sabbatical”
Atletico hunt down Barca
Atleti 2-1 Athletic
A prodigious, left-footed shot from Griezmann confirms Atleti’s win against Athletic, who deserved a better result
Champions League draw (11:00 GMT)
Juventus and PSG, along with Arsenal, are most feared by Spanish clubs
Europa League (12:00 GMT)
Iker waits
Twenty years of the Bosman rule
“Messi and Ronaldo earn what they earn thanks to me”
The former player is proud of having “changed the history of football”
Madrid fall behind
They gift Villarreal the first half and fail to score in the second
Benitez: “We are not yet halfway through the season, but it is difficult to explain what happened in the first half”
Atletico are joint-top
Grizemann with the winner against an Athletic side who enjoyed the Calderon
Rayo 1-2 Malaga
Malaga leave Rayo in freefall
Eibar 1-1 Valencia
Eibar spare Valencia
Jaume saves a penalty
Champions League draw: Juventus, PSG and Arsenal to avoid
Messi: “Everything I play for with Argentina is a priority. With Barca, I have won everything”
Samurais
The Barca expedition arrived in Japan last night, seeking their third Club World Cup
The quarter-finals were played on Thursday as Chinese side Guangzhou beat Club America 2-1
Messi wore pyjamas on the plane
Griezmann fires Atleti joint-top
An dysfunctional Madrid fall five points behind Barca
PSG and Juventus, the biggest threats to Barca
Arsenal the most probable opponents (20 percent chance)
