During Atlético's last-minute victory at PSG on Wednesday, Antoine Griezmann equaled his idol David Beckham in number of assists and moved closer to Thierry Henry.
How many more Champions League seasons will Antoine Griezmann play? After his retirement from the French team, the 2018 world champion, under contract with Atlético until 2026, could at any time terminate his contract to move to MLS. The end is near and it is said that Hugo Lloris and Olivier Giroud are waiting for him at Los Angeles FC…
In the meantime, “Grizi” gave his 14th assist in this competition, Wednesday evening at the Parc des Princes. Uninspired on the counter-attacks of the Colchoneros against a dominating PSG, Diego Simeone's favorite offensive leader nevertheless made the cross which allowed Angel Correa to put himself in a striking position in order to deceive Gianluigi Donnarumma on the last action of the match in the 93rd minute.
Two more passes for Griezmann
Antoine Griezmann, who played 99 C1 matches for 37 goals scored, equaled the number of assists of his idol David Beckham. This will please him, especially since 14 assists in the UCL is more than former stars like David Silva, Steven Gerrard, Eden Hazard (12), Ronaldinho or Nani (11). The native of Mâcon also gets closer to another of his idols, Thierry Henry, who has 16 assists in the Champions League, just like a still active Kingsley Coman.
Karim Benzema is the French player who has made the most assists in the history of the Champions League, with 29 units. He is ahead of Franck Ribéry, author of 25 assists, but a certain
Kylian Mbappéwho is only 25 years old (as a reminder), lurks behind with his 23 assists already given (none with Monaco, 22 with PSG, one with Real Madrid).
