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Announced about leaving for MLS next summer, despite his contract with Atlético until 2026, Antoine Griezmann will perhaps leave La Liga without ever having scored on the road at FC Barcelona! “Grizi” was discreet against the Blaugranas on Saturday in Montjuic, in a largely dominated Atlético team, and gave way to Alexander Sorloth in the 73rd minute. It was the Norwegian striker who scored the winning goal for Madrid (1-2) in the 96th minute of the game!
We know the 2018 world champion well enough, he will not dwell on his disappointing individual performance in Barcelona, because this miraculous success in Catalonia is a real boon for Atlético, who will spend Christmas at the top of La Liga with three points ahead of Barça! Real can get back to a point if they succeed against Sevilla on Sunday.
Griezmann finally champion of Spain?
That said, Griezmann has scored zero goals against Barça in 16 matches in all competitions on the Catalan club’s field. The native of Mâcon played five matches there with Real Sociedad then eleven with Atlético. But “Grizi” finally won his first match in Barcelona (as an opposing player of course), since he had lost five times with Real and had never won with the Colchoneros.
Antoine Griezmann has a golden opportunity to be crowned champion of Spain, a trophy he misses even though he has spent his entire career in La Liga. The left-hander trained in the Basque Country joined reigning Spanish champion Atlético in 2014 then played two seasons at Barça without winning the championship alongside Messi, thus missing the second coronation of the “Cholo” in 2021.
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