Atlético Madrid 4 - Mallorca 0

Atlético: Leo Franco; Velasco (Molinero 66'), Pablo, Perea, Sergi; Ibagaza (Nano 60'), Luccin (Marcelo Sosa 78'), Colsa, Gronkjaer; Salva, Fernando Torres. 4-4-2.
Mallorca: Moya; Ramís, Iuliano, Ballesteros; David Cortés, Farinos (Poli 79'), Pereyra, Jorge López (Campano 60'), Tuni (Felipe Melo 70'); Correa; Luis García. 3-5-1-1.

Team changes: Atlético: Perea, Gronkjaer, Ibagaza, Salva for García Calvo, Molinero, Jorge, Antonio López / Mallorca: Pereyra, Jorge López, Correa for Felipe Melo, De los Santos, Arango.

Goals:
1-0. 26. Salva. Deflected long shot from Colsa wide of keeper.
2-0. 59. Fernando Torres (penalty). After Ballesteros pulled down Torres in area.
3-0. 86. Salva. Connected with Molinero cross to fire volley past Moyà.
4-0. 88. Salva. Ran on to Molinero cross and turned ball wide of keeper.

Atlético Madrid are up to eighth after a comfortable 4-0 win over Mallorca. The result could have been different though if a headed goal by Farinós had not been ruled out for offside and if Leo Franco had not saved an effort from Jorge López soon afterwards, but Atlético didn't look back after the 25th minute, when a team move from deep inside their own half resulted in Colsa firing a long shot past the keeper after a clever back-heel pass from Ibagaza. The ball took a slight deflection off the body of Salva, who was awarded the strike by referee González Vázquez.

Fernando Torres should have got a second a few minutes after the restart after he ran past the defence only to shoot wide of the goal. But soon afterwards he did get his name on the scoresheet from the penalty spot after Ballesteros brought him down in the penalty area, the action earning the defender a direct red card.

Things got worse for the visitors a quarter of an hour later when Iulano was sent off for the second time this season after picking up a second booking, and only good goalkeeping by Moyà kept out Torres and Salva. But their resistance eventually crumbled, and Salva completed his hat-trick with two goals in as many minutes from crosses by Molinero, the first a spectacular volley and the second an easy tap-in. Atlético's European campaign was back on track, but Héctor Cúper's side return home a step closer to relegation, still seven points adrift of the teams above them.