Atletico Madrid edged city rivals Real Madrid to the La Liga title in dramatic fashion after coming from behind to beat Real Valladolid in the final game.
Diego Simeone’s side trailed to Oscar Plano’s strike but turned the match around in the second half through goals from Angel Correa and Luis Suarez.
Real scored twice late on to beat Villarreal 2-1 but came up short as they needed Atletico to drop points.
Atletico clinched their first title in seven years and their 11th overall.
It was a highly satisfactory triumph for Los Colchoneros as they finished just two points ahead of defending champions Real, who end the season without silverware.
Barcelona – playing without skipper Lionel Messi, who was resting before the summer’s Copa America – won 1-0 at Eibar through Antoine Griezmann’s acrobatic strike and clinched third place ahead of Sevilla.
Julen Lopetegui’s side play their final league game on Sunday against Alaves but will finish fourth even with a victory because of an inferior head to head record against Barca.
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Line-ups
Real Valladolid
Formation 4-4-2
- 1Masip
- 18JankoSubstituted forHervÃasat 82′minutes
- 4Olivas Alba
- 15El YamiqBooked at 70mins
- 25Olaza
- 10Plano
- 17MesaSubstituted forHerrero Javaloyasat 62′minutesBooked at 74mins
- 20San Emeterio DÃazBooked at 78minsSubstituted forPérezat 82′minutes
- 19Villa SuárezSubstituted forNeves Filipeat 62′minutes
- 9Weissman
- 16de Sousa MendonçaBooked at 55minsSubstituted forGuardiola Navarroat 62′minutes
Substitutes
- 2Pérez
- 5Sánchez de Felipe
- 7Guardiola Navarro
- 8Pérez
- 11HervÃas
- 21Herrero Javaloyas
- 22MartÃnez GarcÃa
- 23Rubio
- 24Fernández
- 26Pérez
- 40Neves Filipe
Atl Madrid
Formation 4-3-3
- 13Oblak
- 23Trippier
- 18FelipeBooked at 83mins
- 2Giménez
- 22HermosoSubstituted forLodi dos Santosat 63′minutesBooked at 87mins
- 14LlorenteSubstituted forKondogbiaat 79′minutes
- 6Koke
- 8SaúlSubstituted forSequeiraat 63′minutesBooked at 78mins
- 10CorreaSubstituted forHerreraat 85′minutes
- 9Suárez
- 21Carrasco
Substitutes
- 1Grbic
- 4Kondogbia
- 5Torreira
- 7Sequeira
- 12Lodi dos Santos
- 16Herrera
- 19Dembele
- 20MachÃn Pérez
- 24Vrsaljko
- Referee:
- José MarÃa Sánchez MartÃnez
Live Text
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Match ends, Real Valladolid 1, Atletico Madrid 2.
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Second Half ends, Real Valladolid 1, Atletico Madrid 2.
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Foul by Geoffrey Kondogbia (Atletico Madrid).
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Pablo HervÃas (Real Valladolid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Luis Suárez (Atletico Madrid) wins a free kick on the right wing.
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Foul by Jawad El Yamiq (Real Valladolid).
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Attempt missed. Sergi Guardiola (Real Valladolid) left footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Shon Weissman.
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Attempt missed. Geoffrey Kondogbia (Atletico Madrid) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is close, but misses to the left.
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Renan Lodi (Atletico Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Foul by Renan Lodi (Atletico Madrid).
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Sergi Guardiola (Real Valladolid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Substitution, Atletico Madrid. Héctor Herrera replaces Ãngel Correa.
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Attempt missed. Jawad El Yamiq (Real Valladolid) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Pablo HervÃas with a cross following a corner.
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Felipe (Atletico Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Corner, Real Valladolid. Conceded by Renan Lodi.
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João Félix (Atletico Madrid) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Foul by Kiko Olivas (Real Valladolid).
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Substitution, Real Valladolid. Pablo HervÃas replaces Saidy Janko.
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Substitution, Real Valladolid. Kike Pérez replaces Fede San Emeterio.
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Substitution, Atletico Madrid. Geoffrey Kondogbia replaces Marcos Llorente.
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