Griezmann and the endless streak

Griezmann and the streak that does not stop. Today, June 6, five months have passed since the last time the player of the Atletico Madrid celebrate a goal It was on January 6, in a Copa del Rey match against Rayo Majadahonda at the Metropolitano.

The Frenchman reappeared that day after being injured weeks earlier as a result of a hard tackle from Dani Carvajal in the Madrid derby. A kick that caused him a muscular ailment and from which he suffered that Three Kings Day to spend another month and a half off the pitch.

He returned on February 23, in the first leg of the round of 16 against Manchester United. 15 minutes had the Frenchman in which he was not able to see the door, starting a disastrous streak that has already reached five months and 20 games without seeing the door. 17 of them have been with Atlético de Madrid and another three with the French team, the last one being against Denmark recently.

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those of Deschamps they fell to the Scandinavians at home, with Griezmann completing a poor performance that earned him criticism from the press of the neighboring country, where they even claimed that it was a player who “was wandering around the field”.

The mattress striker still has three games ahead of him before going on vacation (one against Austria and two against Croatia) to end this losing streak. And in July he will join the red and white discipline.

ONE MORE COURSE OF ROJIBLANCO

Griezmann will play another year at Atlético on loan from him Barcelona. It will be next summer when, if he plays at least 45 minutes in 50% of the games of the season, the Madrid club will have to pay the 40 million euros stipulated in the purchase option, an amount that the Metropolitano are already trying to lower.

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