article_snippet.sent: When Atletico allowed Diego Costa to sign for Chelsea on July 1, 2014, Diego Simeone may have fretted about losing Mario Mandzukic street fighter.
article_snippet.sent: Just nine days later, Mario Mandzukic bought Mario Mandzukic from Bayern Munich, and the Croatia international looked every bit as aggressive on Tuesday night.
article_snippet.sent: So much so that Simeone – albeit riskily – substituted Mario Mandzukic partner, Antoine Griezmann, after 77 minutes instead of the man on thin ice.
article_snippet.sent: All that added to Simeone feeling Mario Mandzukic was next in line at a forward-thinking club that have a history of great strikers which stretches back decades.
article_snippet.sent: And so when Simeone lost Costa to Chelsea, Simeone signed Antoine Griezmann and Mandzukic.
highlights_snippet.sent: Diego Simeone has bought the closest thing to Diego Costa Mario Mandzukic could find .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Mario Mandzukic and Antoine Griezmann can become suitable replacements at Atletico .