Antoine Griezmann is about to enter the legend of La Liga. Holder against Barça, this Sunday, the Atletico Madrid striker has indeed played his 520e de Liga, thus joining Lionel Messi at the top of the ranking of the most capped foreign players in the Spanish championship. And the French will have the opportunity to break the Argentinian record, in fifteen days, at the end of the international break.
However, Antoine Griezmann looked gray at the end of the meeting against the Blaugrana. Four days after its elimination for penalties against Real Madrid in the knockout stages of the Champions League, Atletico Madrid was indeed left for a new disillusionment. The men of Diego Simeone may have led 2-0 until the start of the last twenty minutes, they finally bowed 4-2 at home and probably said goodbye to his title dreams.
Barça, the best La Liga team
If Atletico Madrid still only has three disbursements on the Barcelona club, Diego Simeone has in any case recognized the superiority of its Catalan rival. “It's the best Liga team, the one who plays the best football”, He said at the end of the meeting, adding that the Blaugrana now had an important advantage “in the title race.
“We defended badly on their highlights. Lewandowski scored a “golazo” and the doubts appeared. We needed to be solid, to be strong to resist these great players who played everything or nothing. But we could not stay strong, nor answer against and transform our opportunities ”he regretted, saying nevertheless that Barça's victory owed nothing “luck” but rather to their “efficiency”.
