Antoine Griezmann is undoubtedly one of the best players in Europe today. If Atlético is having an exceptional calendar year 2023 and the Colchoneros are only three points behind Real Madrid with one game less in La Liga, it is largely thanks to the Frenchman who walks on water. He has 9 goals on the clock in 13 games this season, but above all, he comes out of a 2022/2023 exercise with 15 goals and 16 assists in La Liga. Monstrous statistics for the season taken into account for this Ballon d’Or, and it is therefore quite surprising to see it ranked so low…
Especially since he was also quite successful during the Qatar World Cup, being one of the best players of the Blues, in a register a little different from that which is usually his. The presence of certain other offensive players who have a similar or lower record and have not particularly shone in the selection ahead of him may therefore raise questions. In Spain, where enormous importance is given to the Ballon d’Or, this low place goes very badly. Since Monday evening, numerous articles and mood posts have been published on this subject among our Iberian neighbors.
A total injustice
“With what he did with Atlético and at the World Cup, it’s incredible that Griezmann is 21st”for example, the agent and consultant José Antonio Martín Otín got carried away on the set ofEl Chiringuito. “It’s nothing new, they (Atlético, Editor’s note) are used to it. (…) In a vote where what counts is marketing and media noise, at Atlético they have a disadvantage compared to others”can we read in Mundo Deportivowhere we do not understand the place of certain players in front Grizi. “Bellingham, Kvaratskhelia, Bounou, Modric, Salah, Osimhen or Vinicius Jr” are cited.
“If we give importance to the World Cup and that’s why Messi is first, Griezmann cannot be twenty-first. I’m sorry but he had a great season with Atlético and he was the second or third best player in the World Cup. It’s not possible that Messi is first and Griezmann twenty-first.”launched the journalist from the Cadena SER Bruno Alemany. In his list, the daily Marca had, for example, ranked the Frenchman in seventh position for this 2023 Ballon d’Or. You will have understood, in the hearts of the Spaniards, Antoine Griezmann should at least have been top 10!
