Aligned from the start or launched in the second half, Antoine Griezmann is absolutely not able to wear Atlético at the moment. Worse, the catastrophic performances of the offensive leader of Diego Simeone have clearly caused the Colchoneros to flow in recent times. After being eliminated by Real Madrid in the knockout stages of the Champions League (during a home return match) then in the King Cup semi-finals by Barça (again in his Larropolitano lair), the formation of the “Cholo” is losing ground in the title race.
Atlético bowed in the field of an ill-classified, Las Palmas (1-0), Saturday evening on behalf of the 32nd day of Liga, to count now 10 points behind FC Barcelona, which had snatched new success earlier in the afternoon against the Celta de Vigo (4-3). The Madrid club collapses at the worst time, even if a Clasico Barça-Real on the heights of Montjuïc, on April 11, could still change the situation in the title race.
Relegating Griezmann to the bench during this trip to the Canaries was certainly too late. The team has been laborious for a long time and the maintenance in the eleven of the former French international, who celebrated his 34th birthday on March 21, was completely unjustified. Julian Alvarez, this time associated with Alexander Solorth at the start, did not manage to make the difference on his own, missing his only opportunity. All of Atlético was unable to be dangerous, ending with 0.80 expected goals (which is catastrophic for a team that plays the title).
Griezmann comes into play, gimenez scandalous
Griezmann was launched after the time of play in place of Julian Alvarez (65th) but that has not changed much. The 2018 world champion has failed to be decisive. He is now at 10 matches without goal or assist and only scored once in his last 15 outings. His statistics (8 goals in the league and 6 in LDC) absolutely save his 2024-2025 season, he who has never been a Spanish champion when he has made his entire career across the country.
Las Palmas held up until the end or at least until the additional time of the meeting, scoring the goal of victory by Javer Munoez in the 93rd minute. On this action, it is another executive of Atlético that dropped his team: the defensive rock José Maria Gimenez is catastrophic, he clearly let Las Palmas win the meeting.
