Michel: We used Atletico Madrid Tactics to beat Atletico Madrid

Olympiakos coach Michel feels his plan to replicate Atletico Madrid's playing style worked a treat after Tuesday's 3-2 Champions League win over last year's losing finalists. The Greek champions opened their campaign in stunning fashion, upstaging Atletico at the Karaiskakis Stadium. Goals from Arthur Masuaku and loanee Ibrahim Afellay helped the hosts to a two-goal lead inside 31 minutes, before Mario Mandzukic pulled a goal back for Atletico. Greece international Kostas Mitroglou restored Olympiakos' two-goal cushion after the break and that proved enough, despite Antoine Griezmann's late strike. "We forced Atletico out of their comfort zone, which is what they usually do to their opponents," Michel said at a press conference. "We played like a team, like [Diego] Simeone's side does. All of my players understood what they had to do. We are very happy. We tried to spoil their game and we succeeded. "Atletico haven't conceded three goals in a very long time. All coaches study their opponents closely, but today my players worked incredibly hard. We got the win and we are delighted. "We played a bit like Atletico usually do and we took them by surprise. It worked out very well for us and we got our tactics spot on. "You don't achieve things like we achieved tonight every day. Getting into the last 16 again would be great news for us – it would even better than when we did it last season."