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Atletico Madrid fire home fives goals at Osasuna

Atletico Madrid thumped home fives goals for Wednesday's 5-0 win at Osasuna.

Joao Felix grabbed a brace, with one goal in each half, before a nine-minute spurt in the closing stages of the game saw Marcos Llorente, Alvaro Morata and Yannick Carrasco all get on the scoresheet.

This confidence-boosting win for Atletico takes them into fourth spot in the table ahead of Real Sociedad's match away at Alaves on Thursday, and this result should be the catalyst for Los Colchoneros' push to secure a Champions League place in LaLiga Santander.

One thing is clear: if coach Diego Simeone can keep getting the likes of Joao Felix, Llorente and co to keep playing like this, they will not only wrap up Champions League football for next season but they will have to be seen as one of favourites to lift Europe's biggest prize this year, especially now that knockout ties will be one-legged affairs.

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