Atletico Madrid Defeats Levante 2-0 in Spanish League

Madrid, Oct 31 (KUNA) -- Atletico Madrid defeated their rivals Levante 2-0 at the Ciudad de Valencia stadium on Saturday in the 11th round of the Spanish football league. Defender Alejandro Grimaldo opened the scoring in the 36th minute, and his teammate, Argentine midfielder Julian Simeone, added the second goal in the 62nd minute. With this result, Atletico moved to 28 points to temporarily take the top spot, one point ahead of Barcelona and four points clear of third-placed Real Madrid. In the same round, Barcelona will host Avis at Camp Nou later tonight, while Real Madrid will travel to face Racing Santander tomorrow, Sunday. (End) H.N.D./R.J.