Game is over and the final score is Atletico 2-0 Elche. Here is the match report.
2022/2023 La Liga
2-0
Match Report
Atletico Madrid returned to La Liga action with a 2-0 victory over Elche on Thursday evening.
Premier League target Joao Felix opened the scoring just over ten minutes after the break, before former Chelsea striker Alvaro Morata added a second with fifteen minutes to go as Diego Simeone's side sealed all three points.
Both sides were reduced to ten men either side of the break, when first Elche's Gonzalo Verdy was shown his marching orders for bringing down Morata with the striker through on goal. Then, Mario Hermoso was shown a second yellow card early in the second half.
The win sees Atletico move up to third in the table, eight points behind city rivals Real Madrid.
Line-ups
Atletico XI: Oblak, Savic, Griezmann, Morata, Kondogbia, Carrasco, Gimenez, Hermoso, Llorente, Felix, Pablo Barrios
Subs: Saul , Koke, Felipe, Lemar, Ivo Grbic, Correa, Reinildo Mandava, Reguilon, Aitor Gismera, Carlos Martín, Antonio Gomis, Sergio Diez
Elche XI: Édgar Badía, Bigas, Gonzalo Verdú, Helibelton Palacios, Clerc, Pere Milla, Mascarell, Marti, D.González, L.Boyé, Raúl Guti
Subs: Enzo Roco, Fidel, Axel Werner, Ponce, Tete Morente, Quina, Álex Collado, Carles Marco, Manuel Cocca, Alejandro Alfaro, Juan Pedro