Now Atletico Madrid is 1 point behind Bilbao who are in 4th place and the results of the last 5 matches Atletico Madrid have only been able to win 2 times which indicates that this team really cannot be consistent even though they have sufficient strength.
Now they have to share their concentration with the UCL quarter-final match, I think this will be a problem for the team and I am even starting to be pessimistic that this team will be able to recover and finish in the top 4 of the final standings.
This change is bad for Atletico Madrid even the difference is small because they will have to play two matches in Champions League quarter final. These matches will take a lot of focus and energy from Atletico Madrid players and possibly will cause one to more than two bad matches in La Liga. This will harm their chance to flip Athletic Club to get the fourth position back.
They already made mistake and lost the fourth position so from now, the only way to get that position back is fight and play well in coming matches. No other choices for Atletico Madrid but this is very bad because a few weeks ago, they are safe against Athletic Club in La Liga.