If Kylian Mbappé’s interview caused a lot of talk in Spain, it is another Frenchman who is headlining most Madrid dailies this Monday. On the Metropolitano pitch, Antoine Griezmann (33) shone with the Colchoneros in a crazy match against Sevilla FC. While the Andalusians led 3-1 in the second half on Madrid’s pitch, the Colchonero reduced the gap shortly after the hour mark, before captain Koke ideally served Samuel Lino to reset the scorers at the end of the period. match (3-3, 80th).
But at the end of the suspense, in added time, Antoine Griezmann scored a sublime double to make his supporters exult and took on the hero’s costume (4-3, 90th+4). In communion with his fans, the Frenchman took off his jersey to celebrate with his audience. Thanks to this success, Atlético de Madrid are three points behind Barça, with one game less, and only one unit behind Real Madrid, to the delight of Diego Simeone.
Diego Simeone praises Antoine Griezmann
“The “2-3” goal arrived, the changes arrived, the team continued to attack, Lino’s goal arrived, then that of Griezmann, which closed an evening of a very good match to watchindicated the Atlético de Madrid technician. There are different players and he is a different player. He didn’t have a good first half, despite his crossbar and the assist for Gallagher. In the second half, when we put him inside, he was better. And that’s how the fourth goal happened. We like him a lot and he is a boy who has always given everything to Atlético», added El Cholo.
For his part, Antoine Griezmann preferred to remain humble about his performance: “we are a united group and a united dressing room, we are on the same path. We see it every time new recruits arrive. It’s a way to dream big. We will try to win everything that is left. There will be difficult times, but we must continue to fight.”he said after the meeting. Atlético de Madrid could indeed play the title race to the end with Barça and Real Madrid this season.
