According to reports, if Milinko Pantić’s performance—who scored four goals against Yokohama in 1997 but lost like Atlético Madrid in the epic Copa del Rey comeback led by Macanudo Pizzi with a 5-4 result—seemed astonishing, Kylian Mbappé’s expression after scoring a hat-trick at Montjuïc Stadium on Sunday said it all.

This scenario also applied to Borja Iglesias, who lost to Celta with a similar scoreline, and Vangelis Pavlidis, who witnessed how Hansi Flick’s star-studded team turned a 2-4 deficit into a 5-4 victory in the final 20 minutes. These are just a few examples of the immense potential of a team like Barcelona, which has risen time and again this season to crush its biggest rivals. Only Inter managed to hold on, and even then, with two deadly minutes that deprived Lamine Yamal and his teammates of reaching the Champions League final.

Only two points—or perhaps even fewer if Real Madrid draws or loses against Mallorca tomorrow—separate Barcelona from its second La Liga title in three seasons. This would be the club’s 28th title in history. Ronald Koeman, with a Copa del Rey title, and Xavi Hernandez, with a La Liga title and a Super Cup, laid the foundations for this success by giving opportunities to players who are now the team’s leaders.

A team that has defeated Real Madrid four times this season. The current European champion, which was supposed to win all trophies after signing Kylian Mbappé, has been defeated by Barcelona. Lamine, after returning in the Copa del Rey final, firmly said: “They cannot defeat us.”

On Sunday, the fourth victory in the fourth El Clásico of the season was recorded. The aggregate score of these battles was devastating: 16-7. The last time Barcelona defeated Real four times in a single season dates back to the 1982-83 season, the first year of Diego Maradona’s presence in the team.

Almost every player in this team has played a key role. From Jules Koundé at La Cartuja to Eric García, who played a pivotal role in the comeback. So far this season, eight different players have scored against Real. Raphinha, with five goals, has been the most effective, followed by Lamine Yamal and Robert Lewandowski with three goals each. Lewandowski is set to play for Barcelona on Thursday to attempt his 100th goal for the team, a player who has already scored 40 goals this season.

Against Inter, two matches ended in 0-2 defeats at home and in Milan, though they responded with clear footballing answers but received no reward. Sunday’s match, where they were 0-2 down by the 14th minute, turned into a dazzling display that saw them leading 4-2 by halftime. This was the third time this season that Barcelona scored four goals in a single half.

Against Inter, two matches ended in 0-2 defeats at home and in Milan, though they responded with clear footballing answers but received no reward. Sunday’s match, where they were 0-2 down by the 14th minute, turned into a dazzling display that saw them leading 4-2 by halftime. This was the third time this season that Barcelona scored four goals in a single half.

These days, there is no better representative of beautiful football than Barcelona. A team that had a sudden dip in November and December, earning only six points out of a possible 24 in La Liga, but then embarked on an extraordinary path, securing 43 points out of a possible 45. In the last 15 league matches, only a 1-1 draw against Betis prevented the team from setting a new consecutive win record.

Espanyol, Villarreal, and Athletic Bilbao will be Barcelona’s last three opponents, a team striving to cement its place in the history of a memorable season. They have scored 95 goals in La Liga and 167 in total so far. These stats mean this is Barcelona’s fifth-highest-scoring season in history, and they are just eight goals shy of the 175-goal record set in the 2014-15 season.

The record of 190 goals in the 2011-12 season still seems out of reach, but this Barcelona team has already secured another title: the unified support of football fans worldwide who love to watch their games from the couch.