First Division - Day 35

Las Palmas 0 - Atlético Madrid 5

Las Palmas: Javi Varas; Michel Macedo, David García, Bigas, Dani Castellano; Roque; Halilovic (Momo 64’), Tana (Mateo García 68’), Hernán (Javi Castellano 75’), Jesé; Boateng. 4-2-3-1.
Atlético: Oblak; Giménez (Thomas 67’), Savic, Lucas Hernández, Filipe Luis; Gaitán, Gabi, Saúl Ñíguez, Koke; Griezmann (Correa 71’), Gameiro (Fernando Torres 58’). 4-4-2.

Goals:
0-1. 02. Gameiro. Got on the end of Saúl centre to slide shot in to roof of net.
0-2. 17. Saúl Ñíguez. Far post header past Varas from outswinging Koke corner.
0-3. 18. Gameiro. Collected Gaitán pass and fired angled shot wide of keeper.
0-4. 72. Thomas. Connected with return Correa pass and steered shot past Varas.
0-5. 91. Fernando Torres. Turned shot in from close to goal from Filipe Luis cross.

Yellow cards: Boateng 06’, 65’, Saúl Ñíguez 14’, Savic 31’, Jesé 32’, Halilovic 56’, Gaitán 61’, Thomas 89’ / red cards: Boateng 65’.

Atlético hold on to third spot after they thrashed Las Palmas 0-5 on Saturday, a confidence boosting win ahead of their Champions League semi-finals with city rivals Real Madrid. With twenty minutes gone they were already three up, Gameiro celebrating his return from injury with the first from a Sau´Ñíguez cross in only the second minute. Saúl himself headed the second from Koke’s corner, and Gameiro made it three after picking up a through ball from Gaitán. Some theee minutes in to the second half the French striker came close to a hat-trick when he turned Griezmann’s cross against the upright, and Oblak had nothing to do until he had to save from Halilovic a few minutes later. Midway through the second half however the Canary Islanders were left with ten men when Boateng picked up a second booking for taking out Giménez, and substitutes Thomas and Fernando Torres completed the scoring in the last quarter of an hour or so.