Barca champions despite Atletico and Real Madrid victories in Spain's matchday 35

FC Barcelona sealed the La Liga Santander title on Sunday night after a Leo Messi hat-trick helped them to a 4-2 win away to Deportivo la Coruna.

Andries Iniesta of FC Barcelona celebrates the championship during the La Liga Santander match between Deportivo la Coruna v FC Barcelona at the Estadio Municipal de Riazor on April 29, 2018 in Galicia Spain [Photo: VCG/David S. Bustamante]

Goals from Phillipe Coutinho and Leo Messi put Barca 2-0 up in a rainy Riazor Stadium, (with Messi's goal meaning he has scored 30 league goals in 7 different seasons) but Lucas Perez quickly pulled a goal back for Deportivo to make it 2-1 at halftime.

Emre Colak leveled for Deportivo midway through the half and Barca looked nervous, but Messi's talent saw him score two more goals to assure the win, along with the league title, with three games left this season.

It was a sad night for Deportivo however, who join Las Palmas and Malaga in being relegated to the Liga 123 (Spanish second division).

Elsewhere, Alaves midfielder Mubarak Wakaso committed two penalties in five minutes against Atletico Madrid, but seeing how Fernando Torres missed the first before Kevin Gameiro scored the second as a much changed an Atletico side that ground out a 1-0 win in a game in which neither had much at stake.

The good news for Atletico is that Diego Costa played 60 minutes after an injury and should be fit to play in the Europa League semifinal on Thursday.

Valencia missed a chance to mathematically assure their place in next season's Champions League, but moved a point nearer to their aim with a 0-0 draw at home to a resolute Eibar on Sunday evening.

Real Madrid rested virtually all of their first team on Saturday night as they claimed a narrow 2-1 win at home to Leganes.

Zinedine Zidane only played Casemiro from his regular starting 11, but his side opened the scoring through Gareth Bale in the 8th minute.

Young striker Borja Mayoral (who after the game said he wanted to leave the club) doubled the lead on the stroke of halftime, but Darko Brasanac gave Leganes hope with 25 minutes remaining and the home side were furious when referee Gonzalez Gonzalez blew the final whistle just as Nabil El Zhar was about to shoot from the edge of the area, leading to be sent off Gabriel Pires to be sent off for protesting.

Villarreal striker Carlos Bacca scored a 38-minute hat-trick as his side took a major step toward securing a place in next season's Europa League as they defeated Celta Vigo 4-1.

Getafe move into seventh place, which would qualify them for Europe next season following a 1-1 draw at home to Girona.

Amath N'Diaye put Getafe ahead, but Girona leveled from the penalty spot and Getafe had Damian Suarez sent off and had to play the second half with a man less.

Mikel San Jose scored two own goals as Real Sociedad beat Athletic Club Bilbao in the Basque derby with Mikel Oyarzabal scoring the other goal for the home side while Raul Garcia netted for Athletic.

Espanyol and Las Palmas drew 1-1 with Gerard Moreno's 15th goals of the campaign cancelling out Jonathan Callieri's first half penalty for Las Palmas, who will play in the second division next season.

Friday saw Levante beat Sevilla 2-1; a result which saw Sevilla boss Vincenzo Montella sacked on Saturday afternoon and replaced with Joaquin Caparros.