Pablo Barrios’ brace lifted Atletico Madrid to a 3-1 victory over the Seattle Sounders on Thursday, getting the Spanish side’s Club World Cup campaign back on track.

Axel Witsel also scored as Atletico rebounded to victory at Seattle’s home field after they began action in Group B with a 4-0 loss to Paris Saint-Germain in Southern California on Sunday.

Albert Rusnak scored after halftime for Seattle, which has lost twice in the event before its home supporters.

Atletico Madrid (1-1-0, 3 points) are tied for second in Group B with Paris Saint-Germain (1-1-0, 3 points) after PSG fell 1-0 to Botafogo (2-0-0, 6 points) later on Thursday. The Sounders (0-2-0, 0 points) still have a slim chance of advancing to the knockout phase.

Barrios, 22, scored early in each half for the first brace of his senior club career.

His first goal put Atletico in front in the 11th minute to cap a furious start for the Spanish club.

Giuliano Simeone did much of the work, running onto a throughball into the right edge of the penalty area, cutting back to elude a defender and then dragging a low cross toward the penalty arc. Barrios met it in stride and hit a first-time, right-footed shot that rattled the underside of the crossbar on its way in.

Barrios’ second in the 55th minute was simpler, as he was permitted time and space to hit a half-volley past goalkeeper Stefan Frei after Seattle’s failure to clear Marcos Llorente’s long throw from the right.

Before halftime, Atletico had an apparent chance to double their lead from the penalty spot taken away after referee Yael Falcon Perez reversed his initial decision after a video review.

The sides then traded goals in the first five minutes of the second half.

In the 47th, Witsel headed home from inside the 6-yard box in the resulting scramble after Frei pushed Llorente’s initial half-volley onto the crossbar. In the 50th, Rusnak scored from a similar range on a deflected shot after Atletico’s failure to deal with Seattle’s initial ball into the box.

–Field Level Media