Sunday, August 31, 2014

Miranda and Mandzukic lead champions Atletico home

Atletico Madrid's Mario Mandzukic celebrates his goal against Eibar during their Spanish first division soccer match at Vicente Calderon stadium in Madrid By Tim Hanlon BARCELONA, Aug 30 (Reuters) - Joao Miranda and new signing Mario Mandzukic led Atletico Madrid to a 2-1 home win in La Liga on Saturday as visitors Eibar were unable to cope with the aerial threat of the champions. Atletico, who sold several top players in the close season including striker Diego Costa and defender Filipe Luis to Chelsea, took the lead when the unmarked Miranda nodded the ball in at the near post after 12 minutes. Midway through the first half Croatian Mandzukic, bought from Bayern Munich in the close season, made it 2-0 when he headed a Gabi Fernandez free kick into the corner of the net from 12 metres.








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