Atletico played not in their best form, they won the ball possessions but they don't get many chances to score. During the match, they only got 4 shots on target. Even, Elche could make more shoot attempts and they succeed to score 1 goal. With this result, Atletic must drop their position in 3rd place. Now, Real Madrid returned to 2nd place and probably stay there until the season ends. Atletico Madrid really wasted the chance to finish in 2nd place.
Atletico Madrid seemed to have underestimated the strength of Elche so that the defense from Atletico Madrid was penetrated by Fidel Chaves in the 41st minute and scored an empty goal until the match ended. Atletico Madrid was unable to reply and made them lose by a small difference. Automatically, the points obtained by Atletico Madrid are reduced and its position is down. Atletico Madrid must evaluate how to correct this mistake so that it doesn't happen again in the next match, because it feels very strange to lose to a team that should be easy to beat.