MADRID (Reuters) - Mario Mandzukic has taken a while to settle since joining Atletico Madrid from Bayern Munich in the close season but the Croatia forward shifted firmly into top gear with a Champions League hat-trick on Wednesday.
The 28-year-old's treble in a 4-0 Group A win at home to Olympiakos Piraeus helped fire Atletico, last season's beaten finalists, into the last 16 with a game to spare and he became the first player to score a hat-trick for the club in the Champions League era.
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