Real clinch La Liga with win at Bilbao; Ajax seal Dutch title May 2, 2012 -- Updated 2203 GMT (0603 HKT) Gonzalo Higuain celebrates his opener for Real Madrid in their title clinching win at Athletic Bilbao. Real Madrid beat Athletic Bilbao 3-0 to clinch La Liga title Lionel Messi sets scoring record in earlier Barcelona win over Malaga Ajax clinch Dutch title with 2-0 win over VVV Venlo Juventus lead cut to one point in Serie A with 1-1 draw against Lecce (CNN) -- Real Madrid sealed their 32nd La Liga title with a 3-0 win at Athletic Bilbao Wednesday to leave them with an unassailable seven-point lead over arch rivals and defending champions Barcelona. Goals from Gonzalo Higuain, Mesut Ozil and Cristiano Ronaldo wrapped up the clinching victory for Jose Mourinho's men at San Mames. Mourinho has now won league titles in Portugal with Porto, England with Chelsea, Italy with Inter and Spain with Real, who break Barcelona's three-year stranglehold on the title. Earlier Barca thrashed fourth-placed Malaga 4-1 to keep up the pressure on Real with Lionel Messi scoring his eighth hat-trick of the season. It left the Argentina ace with 68 goals for the season, beating a record for a European season held by legendary German striker Gerd Mueller since the 1972-73 season for Bayern Munich. It took Messi's tally in La Liga to 46, two more than Ronaldo, but his efforts have proved in vain. Real's trip to the Europa League finalists looked a tough one and when Ronaldo saw an early penalty saved by Iraizoz, their small band of supporters might have been worried. But Higuain set them on their way after a fine move before Ronaldo played in Ozil for a second to give them breathing space. Early in the second half the Portugal star netted his 44th in the league this season and Bilbao's last hopes of salvaging something from the game ended when Javi Martinez was sent off for a second yellow card. At the finish Mourinho was hoisted high by his players as they celebrated the championship with two rounds of matches still remaining. The championship title was decided in the Dutch league as well Wednesday as Ajax Amsterdam beat VVV Venlo 2-0 with goals in each half from Siem De Jong. It is their second straight title under Frank de Boer and came after a late season charge with 13 straight wins. Ajax were eight points behind joint-leaders PSV Eindhoven and AZ Alkmaar in mid-February before their unstoppable run. In Serie A, Juventus saw their lead cut to a single point after being held to a 1-1 draw by 10-man Lecce. Second-placed AC Milan beat Atalanta 2-0 to revive their hopes on a night Juve could have clinched the title if results had gone in their favor. Sulley Muntari put Milan ahead in the San Siro and Robinho sealed a vital victory in injury time. In Turin, Juventus appeared to be cruising to a routine home win when Claudio Marchisio put them ahead in the first half. Lecce's hopes appeared over when Juan Cuadrado was sent off for a second booking early in the second half. But the leaders wasted a string of chances before Andrea Bertolacci took advantage of a horrible error by home keeper Gianluigi Buffon to level. In other action, Inter Milan's Champions League chances receded as they lost 3-1 at Parma to trail trail Napoli and Udinese by three points in the race for third. Roy Hodgson may not have been a popular choice as England's new national coach, but he is the right man for the job says CNN's Pedro Pinto.