This is Antoine Griezmann’s last challenge with Atletico Madrid. Beaten in the final of the Copa del Rey by Real Sociedad and visibly condemned to fourth place in La Liga, the Colchoneros have a meeting with Arsenal in the semi-final of the Champions League and hope to create a new feat by qualifying for the final, ten years after the setback conceded at the wire against Real Madrid.
Antoine Griezmann, who will leave the Spanish capital to join Orlando and the MLS, has forgotten nothing about this defeat, the second in three years against the Madrid rival, marked in particular by his missed penalty in the first period.
“It’s not something I think about every day, but every time we talk about the Champions League with friends or teammates, that moment always comes up, the one from 2016, the penalty,” he also confided in an interview given to the UEFA website.
Antoine Griezmann, the tribute to Diego Simeone
The French world champion only sees one way to heal this wound “very deep”: finally win the Champions League. “The only way to recover would be to win it this year”he confided before saying all the good things he thought of his trainer, Diego Simeone: “I think at the end of the day he gave me everything and I gave him everything. I appreciate it and enjoyed having it. I know that beyond my career, I will have a friend in him, a former coach, and we will always remain very close. »
However, the task will not be easy against the Gunners even though the Londoners have lost their splendor in recent weeks to the point of being overtaken by Manchester City in the race for the Premier League title.
