It's over for Griezmann

End of series for “Grizi”. For Atlético's fifth Champions League match as part of the league phase, on the Sparta Prague pitch, this Tuesday (6:45 p.m., live on Canal+ Sport), Diego Simeone decided to do without the services of its offensive leader Antoine Griezmann. Julian Alvarez and Alexander Sorloth are associated at the forefront while the Colchoneros, winners of PSG (1-2) two weeks ago at the last minute, would really need a third European victory (they are 23rd with six points ).

Griezmann is very rarely spared by “El Cholo” but it must be said that the end is approaching for the 33-year-old left-hander. The retiree from the French team was disappointing during the shock at the Parc des Princes, uninspired in his choices and technically, and he says that he has already decided to leave for MLS at the end of the season (then that he will have one year of contract remaining at Atlético). Griezmann had started the Madrid club's last 18 matches in the UCL!

Griezmann, the machine

Before the first four matches of the current season, against Leipzig (2-1 victory), Benfica (4-0 defeat), Lille (1-3 defeat) and therefore PSG (1-2 victory), Griezmann had started during the 10 matches of the 2023-2024 financial year, during six days of the group stage (against Lazio, Feyenoord and Celtic), against Inter in the round of 16 (0-1, 3-1) and Dortmund in the quarterfinals (1-2, 4-2), for six goals and an assist as a personal record.

We have to go back to September 2022 to see Griezmann on the bench in the Champions League, against Porto and Leverkusen. At the time, Atlético limited the playing time of “Grizi” to 40 minutes per match while waiting to negotiate a new deal with Barça, who had loaned him the 2018 world champion for two seasons. “Grizi” then played the next four LDC matches, against Bruges twice, Leverkusen and Porto, but Diego Simeone’s team left, finishing last in their group!