MADRID, Spain -- Athletic Bilbao secured its return to the Champions League next season by winning 3-0 at Rayo Vallecano on Friday to lock up a fourth-place finish in the Spanish league. With Atletico Madrid, Real Madrid and Barcelona destined to take the top three spots, Bilbao fended off Sevillas late surge to seal its return to Europes top-tier competition for the first time since the 1998-99 season. The Basque side qualified for the playoff round to reach the group phase. "When I think back on how difficult this year has been, on how much we have won and lost, and to see this now, we have to enjoy it," Bilbao defender Mikel San Jose said while his teammates celebrated with a large group of their travelling fans. Bilbaos quest of reaching the Champions League was led by coach Ernesto Valverde, a former player who returned to coach the club a second time this summer after the exit of Marcelo Bielsa. Bilbao kept Rayos attack in check while taking advantage of a number of well-executed set pieces. After Mikel Rico and Aritz Aduriz both went close with shots resulting from corner kicks, San Jose acrobatically tapped in a ball from Markel Susaeta in the 20th minute to open the scoring. Forward Oscar de Marcos added a second goal 10 minutes later when he fired in a loose ball from a fourth corner kick, and Ander Herrera curled his free kick around the defensive wall and in off the post in the 74th to cap the win. The match in Madrid was twice delayed due to incidents involving both groups of supporters. The kickoff was 15 minutes late to let the Vallecas Stadium grounds crew clean up a large amount of paper bits Rayos home fans threw onto the pitch while festively celebrating before the game. The game was briefly stopped a second time after a barrier collapse in front of a section of Bilbao supporters following their teams second goal. 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Ward appeared in court Friday on misdemeanour charges that he threw a glass mug at a bartender at a Denver strip club.Madrid, Spain (SportsNetwork.com) - Luciano Viettos goal in the 85th minute was the difference as Villarreal claimed a 1-0 win over Atletico Madrid at the Vicente Calderon on Sunday. Atletico entered Sundays fixture three points back of second-place Barcelona, and the defending champions were riding a 27-game home unbeaten streak in league play as well. However, Atletico was unable to keep that streak going as Vietto scored a fine goal five minutes from time to lift the Yellow Submarine into the top six, while the home side is now seven points back of leaders Real Madrid. The match took a while to produce any clear cut chances, but it came to life after the break with Villarreal goalkeeper Sergio Asenjo coming up with a nice stop on Atleticos Mario Mandzukic, who turned and had his shot saved by Asenjo from six yards.dddddddddddd. Mandzukic then had a goal controversially ruled out for a foul in the 58th minute, while Atletico went close again with chances from Diego Godin and Tiago. But it was the visitors who made the most of a rare chance five minutes from time as Vietto got on the other end of a pass from Moi Gomez before beating Godin and firing a shot home from the edge of the penalty area. Sevilla remains in fourth place after being held to a 0-0 draw at home by Eibar, Cristian Stuani helped Espanyol claim three points against Granada as he scored the winning goal in the 90th minute of a 2-1 victory, while Athletic Bilbao earned a 1-1 draw at Real Sociedad thanks to a second-half goal from Oscar de Marcos which canceled out Carlos Velas third-minute opener. 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