published: wednesday 6 november 2013, 22.40cet club atlético de madrid 4-0 fk austria wien
atlético reached the knockout stages for the first time since 2008/09, equalling their biggest uefa champions league win to claim first in group g.
club atlético de madrid will take their place in the uefa champions league round of 16 as group g winners, a fitting reward for a side who remain perfect in their section thanks to a comfortable win against fk austria wien.
hoping to emulate holders fc bayern münchen's feat of qualifying with four straight wins the night before, los rojiblancos reproduced a similarly attacking display to that which saw off the austrian champions on matchday three, with miranda, raúl garcía and filipe luis all scoring in the first half. diego costa made up for a missed penalty after the break with a clinching fourth towards the end as atlético equalled their biggest win in the uefa champions league.
sporting a defensive formation from the off, the visitors – seeking their first win and goal in the section – were nonetheless invited forward by the hosts in the early stages and produced the game's opening chance, florian mader driving wide from distance.
the pattern was to change quickly, however, with diego simeone's side – who previously accounted for fc zenit and fc porto this season – hitting their stride and taking the lead through miranda's second goal of the tournament, the brazilian eventually smashing in in the 11th minute after christian ramsebner's inadvertent assist from koke's probing corner.
costa came close to a second while thomas murg offered nenad bjelica's team a glimmer of hope at the other end, trapping and turning smartly, but thibaut courtois beat out the shot.
along with their ambitions of reaching the knockout stages for the first time since 2008/09, atlético were also looking to register four straight wins in the tournament for the first time. they took another step towards that when garcía nodded costa's superb left-footed centre high into the corner of the net.
ıt would get even worse for the visitors before the break after juanfran's low cross from the right was dummied by garcía into the path of adrián lópez. lindner did well to palm out the atlético no7's shot but filipe luis was on hand to turn in the rebound.
the home team's momentum dropped slightly after the restart but the chances continued to come, garcía and substitute cristian rodríguez both having efforts saved by lindner. the austria goalkeeper was in action again as the game entered its closing stages, brilliantly saving costa's penalty, yet the striker’s frustrations were short-lived after he stroked in a late, crowning, fourth as atlético marched on.
yardımcı hakemler: istvan albert (hun), vencel tóth (hun)
4. hakem: lászló viszokai (hun)
çizgi hakemleri: tamás bognar (hun), mihaly fabian (hun)
atlético: thibaut courtois (gk), diego godín, filipe luis, tiago (dk. 56 josuha guilavogui), koke (dk. 66 cristian rodríguez), adrián lópez (dk. 46 óliver torres), raúl garcía, gabi (c), diego costa, juanfran, miranda
yedekler: daniel aranzubia (gk), david villa, toby alderweireld, emiliano insua
teknik direktör: diego simeone (arg)
austria wien: heinz lindner (gk), tomas šimkovic (dk. 53 philipp hosiner), manuel ortlechner (c), christian ramsebner, florian mader (dk. 68 emir dilaver), thomas murg (dk. 52 markus suttner), marin leovac, roman kienast, james holland, daniel royer, fabian koch
yedekler: pascal grünwald (gk), kaja rogulj, rubin okotie, tomáš jun
teknik direktör: rene poms (aut)
goller: 1-0 miranda dk. 11 2-0 raúl garcía dk. 25 3-0 filipe luis dk. 45 4-0 diego costa dk. 82
sarı kartlar: dk. 69 christian ramsebner, dk. 75 manuel ortlechner (c) (austria wien)
