The day after the unforgettable recital offered by PSG and Bayern Munich, the second semi-final first leg between Atletico Madrid and Arsenal appeared very bland. The two teams indeed had a hard time performing. It took a penalty scored by Viktor Gyokeres, shortly before the break, to force the Colchoneros to be a little more enterprising.
Atletico Madrid were rewarded for their efforts with another penalty, converted by Julian Alvarez shortly before the hour mark, and the suspense remains before the return match scheduled for Tuesday at the Emirates Stadium.
Questioned at the end of the match at the Canal+ microphone, Antoine Griezmann, named man of the match, was satisfied with this result for his last European victory in front of the Metropolitano public. The French world champion also took care to pay tribute to his supporters, particularly for the welcome given to the two teams when they entered the field.
Antoine Griezmann liked his team’s reaction
“Very happy. Lots of emotion. When we entered, the supporters threw the papers onto the pitch, it was very beautiful, magnificent to see from the pitch. I engraved that in my head, in my heart and afterwards, we had to play football,” he confided before looking ahead to the return match in London, in six days
“The return match is going to be a similar match I think. You have to work well tactically, he indicated. We fixed two or three things at half-time for our pressure, especially on the left, and that did us good because we went in with a different attitude, another pressure. So we have to keep this second half and do the same there. »
