Miranda calls for focus

Atletico Madrid defender Miranda calls on his side to "continue" their strong run of form.

By Matt Law, Football Editor | 12 March 2014

Atletico Madrid centre-back Miranda has called on his teammates to remain focused ahead of their challenges in the latter stages of the season.

The Spanish outfit advanced into the quarter-finals of the Champions League on Tuesday at the expense of AC Milan, while they are just three points off the lead in La Liga.

"We are going through a good spell and we want to continue in that vein," Miranda told UEFA's official website.

"We know what our strengths are and we will fight until the end in order to do as well as we can. Whoever we get in the next round will give us difficult games but we have earned more respect after tonight.

"In the league, everyone knows each other now. In the Champions League, teams want to play in another way. We know [at times] we will have to suffer [during matches] but we have the quality needed to get through those moments."

Next up for Atletico is a league clash with Espanyol at the weekend.

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1	Real Madrid	33	26	6	1	71	22	49	84
2	Barcelona	33	22	7	4	68	39	29	73
3	Girona Girona	33	22	5	6	69	40	29	71
4	Atletico Madrid Atletico	33	20	4	9	62	39	23	64
5	Athletic Bilbao	33	16	10	7	53	33	20	58
6	Real Sociedad	33	13	12	8	46	35	11	51
7	Real Betis Betis	33	12	13	8	41	39	2	49
8	Valencia	33	13	8	12	37	38	-1	47
9	Villarreal	33	12	9	12	54	55	-1	45
10	Getafe	33	10	13	10	41	45	-4	43
11	Osasuna	33	11	6	16	37	49	-12	39
12	Alaves Alaves	33	10	8	15	31	38	-7	38
13	Sevilla	33	9	11	13	42	46	-4	38
14	Las Palmas Las Palmas	33	10	7	16	30	41	-11	37
15	Rayo Vallecano	33	7	13	13	27	42	-15	34
16	Mallorca	33	6	14	13	27	39	-12	32
17	Celta Vigo	33	7	10	16	37	50	-13	31
18	Cadiz Cadiz	33	4	14	15	23	46	-23	26
19	Granada	33	4	9	20	36	61	-25	21
R	Almeria	33	1	11	21	32	67	-35	14