Atlético de Madrid started the second round of the Championship in the best possible way. Red-and-whites added three crucial points against Rayo Vallecano in the 20th round of the League to reach 44 points. Griezmann scored twice in the first half before Trashorras made it 2-1 for the visitors. An own goal on the second half from Manucho certified the win for the home side on Madrid City derbi. Fernando was sub and came onto the pitch 22 minutes from time replacing Mario Mandzukic.

The match began with a very serious Atlético on the field. At 12 minutes, a great retrieved ball when Griezmann was pressuring was taken advantage of by the same French attacker to beat Toño with a low shot in the dogfight and score the first goal of the game. Griezmann also took advantage of a glancing header from Mandzukic to score the second goal. Nearing th break Rayo Vallecano got their heads into the match thanks to a shot by Trashorras from the front of the box.

The second half started with a very energetic Atlético, which didn’t take long to warn with a great shot of Griezmann that came very close to beating Toño. On 56 minutes, a corner bounced by number '7' was pushed into his own goal by Manucho when Gimenez was trying to shoot with all his might. From there, Simeone’s team maintained the result without suffering too much. When the match was almost over, on 88 minutes, Griezmann would come close to a hat trick after crashing his shot on the wood.

- Match stats:

Atlético de Madrid: Moyá; Juanfran, Giménez, Miranda, Siqueira; Tiago, Gabi, Mario Suárez, Arda Turan (80' Raúl García); Griezmann, Mandzukic (70' Fernando Torres).

Rayo Vallecano: Toño; Abdoulaye Ba, Ze Castro, Morcillo; Fatau (72' Bueno), Baena, Trashorras, Jozabed (57’ Pozuelo); Kakuta (83’ Álex Moreno), Aquino, Manucho.

Referee: Vicandi Garrido (Basque Committee). Booked Gabi (71’) from Atlético and Baena (59’) from the visiting team.

Goals:

1-0, min.12 Griezmann
2-0, min.22 Griezmann
2-1, min.35 Trashorras
3-1, min.56 Manucho (o.g.)

- Match report by clubatleticodemadrid.com