It is the first time Barcelona and Atletico have each been in La Liga's Champions League qualification spots because August.
Atletico have struggled for solidity and consistency given that prevailing the name remaining season at the same time as Barca are still recovering from a financial disaster and the departure of Lionel Messi.
Yet both teams can be growing in self belief that they can now obtain their minimum goal, that is to keep away from missing out at the Champions League next season and the further monetary harm that could purpose.
Barca are actually 0.33, degree on points with Atletico in fourth, but having performed a sport fewer. They may each fancy their possibilities of completing second, with stuttering Sevilla most effective seven factors in the front.
Atletico's win over Betis became mainly huge given Betis commenced the day in 1/3 and have regarded the generally possibly candidates to dissatisfied the installed top 4.
Felix, who became once more favored to Luis Suarez, has four dreams in his final four video games.
"Everyone needs time. We ask the whole thing from Joao and he is doing it," Diego Simeone said.
Barcelona, in the meantime, needed to come from at the back of on the Martinez Valero after Fidel capitalised on a Pedri error, simplest for Barca to return storming returned way to substitutes.
Ferran Torres diverted in from close variety on the hour earlier than Memphis Depay scored an 84th-minute penalty after the striker had drawn Elche's Antonio Barragan into a handball.
"It appeared we have been going to lose a recreation we did no longer deserve to lose," said Barca educate Xavi Hernandez. "We deserved to win by using a couple of aim."
