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Atletico Madrid's Efficiency Proving Decisive in Race for Champions League Spots

Deja vu. Groundhog day. An insanely familiar script. 

However you want to label it, it's impossible to shake the feeling we're continually watching the same 90 minutes from Atletico Madrid at present—hot start, goal, goal, cruise to the finish line. 

We saw it against Getafe. We saw it against Cordoba and against Real Sociedad. And most recently, against Deportivo La Coruna. 

Hot start, goal, goal, cruise. 

On Saturday at the Riazor, it was Antoine Griezmann's twin first-half strikes that did the trick to help secure a 2-1 victory—the first a stunning bicycle kick, the second a smart finish following Jesus Gamez's long throw.