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Matches of the 38th round of the Spanish championship took place. The matches were held from 24 May to 26 May. Here are their results.

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Footy Headlines, a portal specialising in insights into the design of future clubs' uniforms, has published a photo of Girona's projected home kit for the 2024/2025 season.

The team of Artem Dovbyk and Viktor Tsygankov will play in the usual red and white colours, but the pattern will be very different from the vertical stripes used now.

There was even a live photo of Girona's new kit with the logo of the likely new title sponsor, Etihad Airways, on the web. This company is already the title sponsor of three City Group clubs - Manchester City, New York City and Melbourne City.

After the final round of the Spanish La Liga match against Betis, Real Madrid head coach Carlo Ancelotti answered the question that the creamy midfielder Jude Bellingham should succeed Toni Kroos, who has finished his career at the Madrid club.

"Is Bellingham the heir to Kroos at Real Madrid? No, I don't think so. The closer Jude is to the opponent's penalty area, the better it is for us," journalist Fabrizio Romano quoted Ancelotti as saying.

This week, Barcelona changed its decision on the future of head coach Javi Hernandez again.

The main candidate to replace Javi is Hans-Dieter Flick. It is already known that the German coach will take two assistants with him, but Barcelona wants to add one more person to the team.

According to Diario AS, the Blaugranas are exploring the possibility of hiring an assistant who could serve as a link between the German-speaking Flick and the predominantly Spanish-speaking team. One of the main candidates for this role is former Barca midfielder Thiago Alcantara, who played under Flick at Bayern Munich and is now at Liverpool.

On Saturday, 25 May, the match of the 38th round of the Spanish championship, in which Real Madrid and Betis played.

The game was held in Madrid at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium. The teams played to a dry draw.

In the 39th minute, Betis, after a bad play by Thibaut Courtois, scored a goal against Real Madrid, which was cancelled after VAR review. A photo of Andriy Lunin's reaction to the episode has appeared.

Courtois played 63 minutes today and was replaced by Kepa, who probably played his last match for Real Madrid.

This summer, Real Madrid intends to significantly strengthen its attacking line by signing Kylian Mbappe and Andric Felipe. Despite these additions, the "creamy" team has no plans to part with Joselu Mato.

Last summer, Real Madrid surprised many by signing Joselu as a replacement for Karim Benzema, who joined Al Ittihad. Despite not always being in the starting line-up, Joselu had a great season, scoring eighteen goals in all competitions. Most notably, he scored a double in the Champions League semi-final return leg against Bayern Munich, securing his team's place in the final.

According to Sky Germany, Real Madrid has already activated the option to buy Joselu from Espanyol for a modest €1.5 million. This amount will help Espanyol cope with financial problems that could worsen if the club does not return to La Liga.

Girona's Ukrainian midfielder Viktor Tsygankov has summed up the results of the Spanish league season, which the Catalans finished in 3rd place.

"A cosmic end to a historic season. Thank you all for your love and support this year. May the strength be with you," the Ukrainian wrote on Instagram, adding photos that may soon go viral.

Sevilla head coach Quique Sanchez Flores has commented on Barcelona's decision to sack the team's coach Javi Hernandez at the end of this season.

"Barcelona treat their legends so badly. Koeman, Messi, now Xavi...", Mundo Deportivo quoted Flores as saying.

It will be recalled that Xavi's successor at Barcelona will be Hans-Dieter Flick.

Some matches of the 38th round of the Spanish championship took place. Here are their results.

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Celta striker Iago Aspas has assessed the possibilities of Spanish teams with a small budget to qualify for the Champions League.

"In terms of budget, we are in the range from ninth to eleventh place. It's very difficult to qualify for European competitions now because of the difference in budgets and distribution of money. You can get a ticket following the example of Girona - with the support of Manchester City. Otherwise, they would not have been able to have such players.

I would like to return to the European competitions, but today I don't see any prospects for this. I think we should move closer to eighth place," Marca quoted Aspas as saying.

Atletico striker Iñaki Williams played for two years with a shard of glass in his foot, Football Espana writes.

Recently, the player was very concerned about the pain in the foot and he went to the medics. What was everyone's surprise when they found a shard of glass in the player's foot.

Two years ago, Iñaki stepped on broken glass, and the doctors then overlooked the shard, calmly sewing up the wound.

"After the Spanish Cup final we had a scan and found he still had glass in his foot. When he was stitched up the first time, a piece of glass was still there.

And it's not a small piece, about 2cm. It was near a bone or tendon. To tell you the truth, the doctor and I were laughing because we couldn't believe it," said Atletico head coach Ernesto Valverde.

Girona coach Girona coach Michel Sanchez commented on his side's 7-0 victory over Granada in the Spanish league.

"We really wanted to help Dovbyk become the top scorer in La Liga. Let's see what Serlot will show in Villarreal's match against Osasuna. "I feel sorry for Granada coach Sandoval, because I understand perfectly well what it means to go through hard times and be relegated.

We respect the opponent, but Dovbyk needs the top scorer's award. Artem wants this status, we all want it, so our apologies to Granada," AS quoted Michel Sanchez as saying.