Despite playing the final 20 minutes of the match with 10 men, Atletico Madrid defeated Sevilla 1-0 on Saturday to move up to third place in La Liga.
Marcos Llorente scored the lone goal in a match that was postponed in September due to storms just one minute after substituting in at halftime.
When Sergio Ramos, the center defender for Sevilla, failed to clear a cross, Llorente pounced and blasted past goalkeeper Marko Dmitrovic from an angle.
Not all of Coach Diego Simeone’s substitutions worked out as well.
Caglar Soyuncu, who had replaced Koke four minutes earlier, earned a straight red card after 70 minutes when he ploughed into Lucas Ocampos from behind.
Simeone reacted by replacing Antoine Griezmann with defender Reinildo Mandava.
That left the Frenchman, clearly irritated to be taken off, still tied with Luis Aragones as Atletico’s all-time leading scorer with 173 goals.
Griezmann had arrived at the stadium wearing a T-shirt bearing the image of the late Aragones.
Atletico climbed to third in the table, seven points behind leaders Real Madrid and second-placed Girona but ahead of champions Barcelona on goal difference.
Sevilla finish the year in 15th place, just three points ahead of Celta Vigo in the first relegation place