Saturday's final La Liga clash pitted struggling Almeria against league leaders Atletico Madrid in Andalusia.
Atletico had the better of the opportunities in the first period, but could not make the breakthrough with the scores level at the interval.
Almeria moved 1-0 ahead 10 minutes from time when Verza found the top corner from outside the box.
Verza had his second from the penalty spot late on after Dani Aranzubia had felled Jonathan Zongo inside the box, with the Atletico goalkeeper handed his marching orders.
The defeat means that Atletico have relinquished first position to Real Madrid, who beat Villarreal earlier this evening.
Read how it all unfolded in Sports Mole's minute-by-minute live commentary of the action below.
ALMERIA: Esteban; Rafita, Trujillo, Torsiglieri, Dubarbier; Verza, Azeez; Suso, Vidal, Soriano; Jonathan
ATLETICO: Aranzubia; Juanfran, Godin, Miranda, Manquillo; Tiago, Gabi; Turan, Diego, Garcia; Costa