LaLiga resumes following Spain's midweek European

For the first time in history Spain had three teams knocked out of the top European tournament in the group stage, as Barcelona, Atletico and Sevilla failed miserably to advance past their groups to the round of 16.

Even champions Real Madrid, who were already through and playing to wrap up top spot, lost 3-2 at RB Leipzig on Tuesday, their first defeat in all competitions this season.

Real Madrid, Barcelona and Atletico Madrid will be back on the pitch for their LaLiga games this weekend.

Carlo Ancelotti's team, who will host modest Girona on Sunday, are on top of the LaLiga standings on 31 points, three ahead of Barcelona, who lost the lead thanks to a 3-1 defeat to their bitter rivals at Santiago Bernabeu in El Clasico two weeks ago.

The Catalan giants were knocked out in the group stage of the Champions League for the second season in a row and lost 3-0 at home to Bayern Munich in a match where they did not manage to have a single shot on target.

They will play at Genaro Gattuso's Valencia on Saturday with their morale on the ground, even though they are coming from two dominating wins against solid teams at LaLiga: a 3-0 against Villarreal and 4-0 over Athletic Bilbao.

The situation is similar with Atletico Madrid, who are still in danger of finishing dead last in the Champions League Group B and being knocked out completely from European soccer this season.

They will play second-from-last Cadiz on Saturday following their disheartening 2-2 draw at home against Bayern Leverkusen, missing a stoppage-time penalty that could have kept them in contention.