Since LaLiga returned, Antoine Griezmann has only played 90 minutes against Leganes. He was a starter against Mallorca, but 57 minutes, against Sevilla he left the bench to play the last 11 and on Tuesday against Athletic Club he regained the title, but after a further inconsequential performance he was substituted after 65 minutes of play. The French attacker suffers a troubling game eclipse despite the fact that from the press room Quique Setién strives to defend him and tries to recover him for the cause.
To find Griezmann's last goal with Barcelona you have to go back to February 25 when Barça drew in Naples in the first leg of the knockout stages of the Champions League. Somewhat important that gives hope to the Blaugrana team to advance to the final to eight that will be played in Lisbon in August, but since then their contribution to the culé game has not lived up to its category or the 120 million that were paid to the Atlético de Madrid for him.
In LaLiga, its production does not improve either. His last goal in the domestic competition was on February 15, that is to say, chains seven days without marking. And what is worse, without giving symptoms of integration in the game. Clearly, if you don't remedy it, your season goes from more to less.
When the championship was stopped due to the crisis of the coronavirus Griezmann recognized that rest was good for him since I was reaching the final leg of the season physically and mentally exhausted. However, it does not seem that the return is being easy for him.
In Seville, a decisive match, Setién left him on the bench and only played the last eleven minutes. Against Athletic Club, the Frenchman regained ownership but was again transparent.
He only finished once on goal, lost fourteen balls and intervened 35 times in the game, half of them to associate with Jordi Alba. His chemistry with his attack partners remains poor. As an example, Luis Suárez only passed him a ball in the 65 minutes that coincided in the field.
The emergence of Ansu Fati, who finished twice on goal in the minutes he was on the field, the return of the Uruguayan himself and the work of Braithwaite threaten a presence in the starting lineup that, in view of the latest alignments, seems to be already compromised .