Top scorer in the history of Atlético de Madrid, with now 193 goals in all competitions, Antoine Griezmann has become a little more legendary in La Liga (even if he was never crowned champion of Spain, where he spent his entire career). Logically relegated to the Colchoneros sidelines in recent times by Diego Simeone, due to his numerous ghostly performances, “Grizi” scored his third goal of the season.
Griezmann was launched for the last quarter of an hour of play against Sevilla, Saturday afternoon at the Metropolitano, while the capital club was already leading 2-0 thanks to a penalty from Julian Alvarez (64th) and a goal from Tiago Almada (77th). The 2018 world champion took advantage of a full-line serve from Almada to cross a shot from the right from 20 meters and beat Odysseas Vlachodimos (90th).
Griezmann celebrates his 200th goal in the Spanish league (he had prepared the shot) and enters a very exclusive club with 10 other players with more than 200 units: Lionel Messi (474), Cristiano Ronaldo (311), Telmo Zarra (251), his former French teammate Karim Benzema (238), Hugo Sanchez (234), Raul (228) Alfredo Di Stéfano (227), César (221), Quini (219) and Pahiño (212).
Griezmann ahead of David Villa or Luis Suarez
Prolific scorers like David Villa, Luis Suarez, Iago Aspas, Aritz Aduriz or Raul Tamudo have not reached this mark of 200 goals in La Liga.
The “Cholo” team has a third success in a row in La Liga and occupies 4th place in the ranking, tied with Barça (which hosts Elche on Sunday). Antoine Griezmann and his teammates continue against Union Saint-Gilloise and Levante next week.
