Antoine Griezmann is just one goal away from making history with him Atlético de Madrid. More history, of course. Because what the French footballer has achieved is enormous in itself, having equaled Luis Aragones as the leading scorer in the 120 years of the entity’s life Metropolitan. Now, his goal is to remain alone in front of a statistic that has not had a new dominator in just over 49 years. An atrocity.
That speaks volumes about the success of the Frenchman, who now has 173 goals in the red-and-white jersey, spread over two periods, with a stint in FC Barcelona in the middle. To achieve that number he needs 363 games in Athleticfive less than Luis Aragoneswhich can be overcome on this same day, December 3.
SA Griezmann he would have liked to do it in Metropolitan, before his audience, in the last match played in 2023, against Sevilla. Everything was prepared for the celebration of Gaul, but the matter was interrupted by the expulsion of Soyuncu which caused Simeone to remove him from the team to strengthen the defense. The French have also arrived Metropolitan with a t-shirt as a tribute to Luis Aragones.
Football wishes it could not be possible in front of Colchonera fans, but this Wednesday, December 3, it will have a new chance. Then again, fate wanted it to be in a setting where he had really bad memories. In fact, this was the stadium where he suffered the first of his two dismissals at club level.
Griezmann He has only seen two red cards in his entire career. A few seasons ago the player, in his first episode at Atlético de Madrid, was ejected from the said scenario for confronting the referee and berating him for not calling a penalty which in his opinion was clear. The Frenchman saw red for calling the referee “cagón” when he did not signal a penalty in a game with Gorka Iraioz. He Competition Committee He penalized him two games because he didn’t interpret that word as an insult, so he didn’t impose a bigger penalty.
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This is going to be a game that he traditionally isn’t very good at, especially when he has to play Montilivi. In five visits, only one goal, one achieved at 18/19 in Copa del Rey. A goal that gave the colchoneros a draw. Unfortunately for those Simeonin the second leg, the Catalan team tied with three in Metropolitan and thrown out Athletic of Griezmann.
On top of that, their numbers are a bit better if we add the games played at home. There, the Frenchman has four goals in ten games.
Source: La Verdad
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