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Clearly, Antoine Griezmann has caused a lot of ink to flow in recent days. After announcing his international retirement with the French team, the Atlético de Madrid player – invited to join MLS – experienced a nightmarish evening, Sunday evening, at the end of the 9th day of La Liga. Starting against Real Sociedad, his training club, the former FC Barcelona player still allowed his team, back on the podium, to secure a draw by standing out from the first moments of this shock.
With a subtle backheel, the man with 137 caps with the Blues found Julian Alvarez, author of the opener after just 50 seconds of play. A caviar allowing the native of Mâcon to improve his statistics a little more, he who now has 3 goals and 5 assists after 11 matches. Yes but here it is, if the 1m76 left-hander could not prevent the Colchoneros from conceding the draw (1-1) after a sublime equalizer from Sucic in the last minutes, he especially suffered the madness of the Reale residents Arena…
Caviar and threats…
Booed at each of his ball catches, the former child of the country was, in fact, targeted by the Basque supporters, who sang a song on several occasions “Griezmann dies”as indicated by the various Spanish media this Monday. A deleterious climate even pushing Real Sociedad to intervene in the middle of a match. “No to racist, xenophobic and intolerant chants. Encourage and support the team while respecting the rival”indicated, with this in mind, the speaker of the meeting. A message ultimately greeted by a new wave of whistles.
As a reminder, Antoine Griezmann arrived at Real Sociedad in 2009. There, the 33-year-old French striker then played 202 matches in all competitions, scoring 52 goals and providing 18 assists. A substantial return finally opening the doors to Atlético de Madrid, which he joined in the summer of 2014 for a check for 30 million euros. Obviously, several Txuri supporters have still not digested this departure…
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