João Félix-Griezmann, magic for Atlético’s forward

Atlético closed the long-awaited last day of the summer market Griezmann’s return to the club. A reinforcement of guarantees to form what was then understood as one of the great red and white historical squads. And the competition above was extreme, with the Frenchman fighting for minutes with Suárez, Correa, João Félix and Cunha.

The first doubt came from the way in which Simeone would match so much talent and could unite Griezmann and João Félix, allowing each one to shine and exploit all their quality. “Absolutely yes, they can play together and over time they will coincide on the pitch”, explained Cholo already on September 21. However, injuries and overbooking upstairs have hardly allowed us to see a most exciting couple together. Moreover, both They have only coincided in the eleven three times and in two of them with Suárez playing ahead.

French and Portuguese they have not shared ownership since October 28 in the visit to Levante, game in which Griezmann opened the scoring and ended 2-2. They had done it before against Real Sociedad and Liverpool, in the only precedent as a duo up front. A meeting in which Griezmann got a double, the second of them assisted by João and they had begun to get along wonderfully until the Frenchman saw a direct red card that ended up being the sentence against the English.

Against Betis Correa’s injury after 27 minutes led Griezmann to play more than 45 minutes for the first time since December 12 at the Santiago Bernabéu, when he was injured after a hard tackle from Carvajal. He entered to fall to the right wing, but with the tactical movement of the second half He went on to form alongside João Félix on the attacking front. And with the two in the lead, João Félix certified his brace taking advantage of a great assist from Llorente and Griezmann gave Lemar the goal pass after having enjoyed a few moments before his opportunity to reconnect with the network.

Waiting for the Argentine to recover from the kick received by Ruibal and that left his ankle very swollen, everything indicates that the Wanda Metropolitano will have against Cádiz the first forward formed by Griezmann and João Félix in the eleven in 2022. The Portuguese adds four goals in the last four games and there would be no better way to prepare for the Champions League duel against Manchester United than by following the streak. A top couple with the quality to give many joys to the athletic fans.