Barcelona can also compete for gold medals this year. Sevilla, Betis are not rivals for Barcelona and the Catalans can easily get around them in the standings. Real Madrid is now in decline and losing points. The difference between the teams is large, but not critical.
Barcelona have 2 games in hand so at best they can reduce the gap to 10 points between them and Real Madrid so yeah they still can do it now that I look again at the table. Real Madrid drops 10 points and they still are in game but also Barca has to maintain a flawless run and this is what makes it difficult.
It seems that many clubs below are benefiting when they see the performance of Real Madrid, which has lost a lot of points. Losing 10 points is a very worrying thing for Madrid. If they don't want to continue to be eroded, they must make improvements. Barcelona itself began to stick out and get up to fix things that were left behind. There is Sevilla who is stable in terms of formation, besides being consistent, Sevilla is more advantaged this time and continues to reduce the difference with Madrid. IMO, this competition will be more fun to watch.