MADRID, May 1 -- Matchday 35 in the Liga Santander could be divided into four parts. The battle for the title between Real Madrid and FC Barcelona, the struggle for third place between Atletico Madrid and Sevilla, the contest to qualify for next season' s Europa League and the fight to avoid relegation.

These are four things we learned from matchday 34 in Spain.

The battle for the title will probably go to the wire

Both Real Madrid and FC Barcelona won what looked on paper at least as their toughest games between now and the end of the campaign. Real Madrid made hard work of Valencia, while Barca cast off the first half shackles against local rivals, Espanyol, to claim what in the end was a comfortable win.

Barcelona still have to entertain Villarreal, which could be difficult, while Sevilla have yet visited the Santiago Bernabeu and Celta away could be a tough test for Madrid as long as Celta are not too focused on the Europa League. But it is hard to see either of the two losing between now and the end of the season. Real Madrid have a game in hand, which makes them favorites to win the title.

All-Madrid Champions League semi-final should be close run thing

All attention in Spain will be fixed on the first leg of the Champions League semi-final between Real and Atletico Madrid.

Atletico travel to the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium, still smarting from two final defeats to their neighbors, with especially painful memory of last season's loss in a penalty shoot-out. The two sides drew 1-1 recently in the league, but Real Madrid probably deserved more and have shown an ability to raise their game for big matches.

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