The week was most complicated for Antoine Griezmann and the Colchoneros. Released on penalties by Real Madrid from the knockout stages of the Champions League, Atletico Madrid collapsed in the shock of the 28e Liga day against FC Barcelona. While they seemed to have the match in hand, leading 2-0 at the start of the last twenty minutes, Diego Simeone's men finally bowed 4-2 and undoubtedly saw their last hopes of coronation in liga.
This meeting was nonetheless synonymous with record for Antoine Griezmann. Holder on the right flank of the Madrid attack, the Frenchman has indeed played his 520e Match in the Spanish championship and has become the most capped foreign player in the history of the Liga, tied with a certain Lionel Messi. And the former Barcelona, who has made his entire career on the other side of the Pyrenees, will have the opportunity to exceed the Argentinian at the end of the month during the trip to the lawn of the Espanyol Barcelona.
Antoine Griezmann, two symbolic bars in the viewfinder
While his departure at the end of the season now seems acquired, Antoine Griezmann has another ten matches to bring down other brands. Already top scorer in the history of the Colchoneros, all competitions combined, the tricolor world champion could thus reach the 200 -way mark by the end of the season. He has so far combined 198 achievements with Real Sociedad (46), FC Barcelona (22) and Atletico Madrid (136) and is therefore only two units of this symbolic brand. A bar that only ten players have so far been reached in the history of La Liga.
Similarly, already decisive in 199 times with the Colchoneros, with 136 goals and 63 assists, Antoine Griezmann is more than a goal or a decisive pass, to be involved on 200 goals in La Liga with Atletico Madrid.
