It has been several weeks since on the side of Atlético de Madrid, Griezmann looks gray. The French striker is going through a complicated period, when we arrive at a crucial moment of the season. Already very discreet during the Madrid derby in eighths go from the Champions League, Grizi did not help anything this weekend with a fairly tasteless new meeting against the neighbors of Getafe.
On his last 8 games in all competitions, he has only one goal and a assist. But more than the statistics, it is the sensations left by the French, less participative and less incisive in the game, which worry. Twirling on the first part of the season, Griezmann clearly has a look less well and even if a player like Julian Alvarez took over in this role of offensive leader, the Colchoneros know that they will have to Grizi Imperial to hope to beat Real Madrid in the middle of the week.
Griezmann is expected at the turn
The Spanish press does not fail to point out. “Atlético de Madrid needs the best Griezmann to defeat Real Madrid”noted Readerin an article which explains that the Mâconnais risks being the X factor of the match: “The Frenchman crosses the worst moment of the season when his team needs him most and the match against Madrid to Bernabéu and against Getafe in the Colosseum did not please the fans, who see how far French is far from what he was a few months ago”.
“Adding the nine games played between February and March, Griezmann only touched ten balloons in the opposing surface. Very little threat. And it shows signs of being, in addition to being tired and without spark, in lack of confidence. No duel or tribble attempted, 0 out of 4 in the centers, looking for the first easiest pass… ”indicates for his part the newspaper AS In a fairly hard article towards French and other Colchoneros players. Marca also evokes “A Griezmann far from his best form”. Suffice to say that Wednesday evening, against Real Madrid, Griezmann has an interest in doing much better …