The Most Inconsequential Griezmann Continues To Feed The Debate

It is already recurring in recent weeks that after a match of the Atlético de Madridthe focus is installed in Antoine Griezmann. And unlike most of his career in Rojiblanco, for the negative aspect. The Frenchman signed another bad performance in Sánchez Pizjuán, something that unfortunately for mattress interests has ceased to be news.

Griezmann It crosses a deep and constant downturn. The numbers say it. The sensations say it. The first, to find his last goal in LaLiga you have to go back to February 1 (before the Majorca in the metropolitan). More than two months without seeing a door in the championship. And at that time he only marked the first leg of the Copa del Rey in front of the Barcelona in Montjuïc (February 25). In total, there are already eight meetings leaving vacuum (he has started in each and every one of them), with a single ‘target’ in the last 13 games, the aforementioned city.

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Precisely on the day of his last goal in the League, it was the last time that the French striker jumped to the grass after having started the game on the bench. Since then he always formed an eleven, with a rather reduced incidence in the commitments of Atlético de Madrid.

Statistics also ‘talk’ about what happened on Sunday in Seville. Of the players who were holders, Griezmann It was the one who had the least interventions with the ball, that is, the one who least came into contact with the ball. Did it 39 times, the same as Azpilicueta. Both were 55 minutes on the grass.

But also The Little Prince It does not appear in any of the offensive statistics of the team. Neither in the gunshot, nor in the one of created occasions, nor in the one of passes completed in the last third, nor in completed dribbling, nor in recoveries … it is only in that of centers attempted (four). Only Julián Alvarezwith six, he tried more.

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In Sánchez Pizjuán a Griezmann totally inconsequential in the game of Atlético de Madrid. Something that is already common in the last dates and that has become a recurring question in the press conferences of Diego Simeonewho continues to keep faith intact in his player despite everything. “No, I have no doubt”, The Cholo settled on Saturday in the previous Duel of Seville, when he was questioned again by the French footballer.

Your future

A layer and sword defense that does not prevent the debate around the figure of Griezmann Keep growing. Not only about the convenience of ownership in the rojiblanco team ahead of men like Sorlothbut for the future of the player himself. With a contract until 2026, from the United States, where he already said he wanted to finish his career, they are still knocking on his door.

In his mind he is to continue in Atlético, from where they will accept any decision made by Macon, but no one escapes that this end of the season is not helping so that the waters go down calm through the Metropolitan. There they continue to believe that Griezmann will return for their fueros, but there are only eight LaLiga games left …