He was one of the surprises in the starting eleven, so to speak. Few are betting on changing the Antoine Griezmann and Coke Resurrection in the game of Atlético de Madridin front of him Sparta Praguebut the truth is that Diego Pablo Simeone chose to leave the French and the Spanish initially in the clash of Champions League.
One of the Macon jumped in the second half, before the 60th minute, he did it with a score of 0-2, but he was only a few minutes into the game Julian Alvarez He scored his second goal of the night to make it 0-3, sealing the match completely.
Vallecano waited a bit, he came out in the 78th minute. The point is for Griezmann and koke This is a special matching number.
Both reached a historic milestone in their careers by reaching 100 games in Champions Leaguein the highest continental competition.
While Griezmann He achieved this in three teams, Royal Society (six games), Barça (16 games and four goals) and the Athletic 78 Athletic (33 goals).
The Frenchman celebrates his 100th match in Championswith a new purpose. If the other day he scored against Deportivo Alavésthis time he scored the fourth goal of the night. Received in place, passed Marcos Llorenteand he struck it first, with his right. The ball passed under the legs of his rival, crossed, to defeat the goal of the Czech team. Two targets in this course on Championsthe former is before the Leipzigto add his sixth goal of the season, along with multiple assists. Not bad.
A total of 38 goals and 12 assists from Griezmann in his 100 games at Champions League. The Frenchman is the team’s all-time top scorer Atlético de Madrid in Europe.
HISTORICAL COKE
In its part, koke (32 years old) also came Prague in 100 games in European Cup. They are all included Athleticwhich is historic because Vallecano became the first player to play 100 matches of European Cup with the mattress club. No one had achieved this before him.
But, in addition, koke He is the 50th player to play a hundred matches Champions League. I mean, not that many. That speaks volumes about the player’s dimension.
Source: La Verdad
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