Griezmann, Simeone’s touching statement

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By: Manu Tournoux

Sunday evening, Antoine Griezmann greatly contributed to the victory of the Colchoneros against Sevilla FC (4-3), in La Liga. Author of a double (62nd, 90th+4), the French striker allows Atlético de Madrid to come back to within three points of the Barcelona leader in the standings.

At the end of the meeting, Diego Simeone was full of praise for his star player. “There are players who are different and Antoine is one of them. He is special. However, he did not have a good first half. We hadn’t seen him and he hadn’t done much apart from hitting the crossbar.”reacted the Argentinian technician at a press conference.

Griezmann dubbed by Simeone

“El Cholo” seems to feel a lot of affection towards his number 7. “He gained momentum in the second half and felt better and better, he observed. He regained his influence when we put him back in the heart of the game. And he scored a superb goal which allowed us to win. We love him and he’s a boy who has always given everything to Atletico. »

This season, Antoine Griezmann has scored nine goals and provided six assists in all competitions. The former Barça player remains on five goals in his last four matches.