For his return to the Parc des Princes (where he played his last match with the France team), Antoine Griezmann did not shine with Atlético. The 33-year-old striker played at a slow pace, as if he was already “in MLS mode” for Daniel Riolo.
Two weeks after challenging Losc at the Riyadh Air Metropolitano, for a 3-1 defeat of Atlético, Antoine Griezmann returned to the Parc des Princes on Wednesday evening, where he played his last match with the French team before the announcement of his international retirement, at age 33. If he was the decisive passer on Angel Correa's winning goal in the 93rd minute, making a cross towards his Argentine teammate, “Grizi” was not good against PSG. He played at a slow pace and, due to lack of application, wasted a good number of his team's attacks.
Daniel Riolo is already seeing Antoine Griezmann pre-retirement in the United States. He explains on RMC: “Griezmann is in fashion in MLS because Griezmann and Atlético, two years ago, would have won the match in the 60th. They never played any other way, except a few times when they played a little higher. There, they pointed it at you in stoppage time, but because they are bad, not because PSG prevented them from doing anything. When you defend that well, with guys who have that in their culture, it’s a piece of cake.”
Griezmann silent, Barcola transparent
And to continue on PSG by targeting Bradley Barcola: “Soon, we will celebrate Bambi’s one year anniversary (he nicknamed the player Bambi on the evening of an LDC match, editor’s note). Nothing has changed. Good in Ligue 1, in the Champions League, he has everything to show. Except that what I saw in a year was the headlines: 'he has already replaced Mbappé, he's the new star of PSG' and everything. We are completely off base. And since we have a coach who considers himself a god on earth, let's see what happens this season in the Champions League.”.
Griezmann now went five matches without scoring with the Colchoneros. His statistics show 3 goals and 4 assists in 12 La Liga matches, and one goal and two assists in four European outings. The 2018 world champion will celebrate his 34th birthday next March and, indeed, he might have given up physically before the 2026 World Cup in North America. We will certainly find him in MLS.
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