Atletico Madrid moved back into the top four in La Liga with a 2-0 win at home to bottom-of-the-table Elche as they returned to action after the five-week World Cup break.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Goals from Joao Felix and Alvaro Morata gave Atletico three points against a rival that has not won all season with just four points but who gave Diego Simeone's side plenty of problems on Thursday night.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Elche were looking comfortable in the first half until the last minute when Gonzalo Verdu was shown a direct red card for bringing down Morata on the edge of the area, with the VAR advising that he had frustrated a clear scoring chance.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Things were evened up seven minutes after the break when Mario Hermoso was sent off for a second yellow card, but in the 55th minute, Antoine Griezmann and Joao Felix combined for the latter to score a simple finish.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Morata doubled the lead in the 73rd minute with a shot that took a slight deflection to take it past Elche keeper Edgar Badia.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Betis and Athletic Club Bilbao drew an intense game between two sides battling to qualify for Europe, 0-0, with Athletic's Spain international keeper, Unai Simon making three saves to deny Betis in a game in which both sides had their moments of control, reports Xinhua.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Betis ended the game with 10 men after Luiz Felipe was sent off for a bad challenge on Iker Muniain.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Two penalties saved a point for Girona at home to Rayo Vallecano, who twice took the lead thanks to Sergio Camello and Isi Palazon.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Camello latched onto a poor backpass to open the scoring in the first minute, while Isi scored with a powerful shot in the 61st minute.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Valentin Castellano levelled for Girona just after the half-hour after he had been fouled, while Samuel Saiz netted another penalty 20 minutes from time after a questionable handball.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Camello latched onto a poor backpass to open the scoring in the first minute, while Isi scored with a powerful shot in the 61st minute.<\/p>\r\n\r\n