It is worse in worse for Antoine Griezmann… Diego Simeone now composes without his number 7 fetish in the starting eleven and Atlético certainly made a bad start to the season. The Colchoneros only have two points after three days of Liga, after being overthrown during their first meeting against Espanyol (2-1), before stirring on Elche in Metropolitano (1-1) then raised on Saturday (1-1).
During these three meetings, “Grizi” did not start in the starting eleven of “Cholo”. It was planned. While he had the possibility of terminating his contract this summer, the 2018 world champion decided to stay another season or two in the Spanish capital (his wife recently gave birth to their fourth child) by prolonging until 2027. He was also told that he was not going to be a holder at 34.
Julian Alvarez and Alexander Sørloth were unable to shake the nets on Saturday in Vitoria-Gasteiz. Giuliano Simeone opened the scoring at the start of the match (7th), recovering a ball in the opposing surface, but the deportivo equalized on penalty by vicent (14th).
Griezmann, a first since 2014!
As in the first two weekends of the season, Griezmann was again launched for half an hour by replacing Thiago Almada (73rd) and almost gave the advantage to his team on his only attempt in 25 minutes. At the second post on a corner, the left -handed hit the outside of the post. Giacomo Raspadori, one of the summer recruits, only entered the 88th minute.
Antoine Griezmann did not score on the first three Liga matches and that did not happen to him with Atlético since his first season with the Colchoneros. Either in 2014! The native of Mâcon waited for the 10th day of the championship to open his counter when receiving Cordoba (4-2), by scoring a double. The player trained at Real Sociedad was associated with Mario Mandzukic at the time, with Arda Turan, Raul Garcia or Cristian Rodriguez in support.
