The rumble around Griezmann has not stopped since his signing and the French He knows that, although he will not settle the issue, it will help him to have a great game with Atleti. A crack performance. Like the one that lived seven years ago against his rival this afternoon, Athletic, although then it was in Bilbao. Griezmann had arrived in summer as the star signing and had not finished starting, but he became San Mamés. In the last game of the year, it was holder and achieved his first hat-trick first. That night changed everything for him …
“I needed it”, is the summary of what Griezmann said that December 21, 2014, and it may well be what he is thinking right now, when he feels the rejection from the fans of the Wanda Metropolitano. Now he arrives as a star and at that time he was a footballer with a lot of potential who paid for hazing at Atleti. In the first 15 games he scored two goals and alternated up front with Raúl García. In Bilbao, before the loss of Mandzukic, both were headlines.
Atlético, current champions, lost 1-0 at halftime and, 20 seconds after the restart, Griezmann headed to the net a center of Juanfran. In 73 'he scored on the counter after a pass from Gabi and in 81' he closed his hat-trick by pushing a loose ball. “This is the Griezmann that we need and that we went to look for“Simeone celebrated after the 1-4 with which they fired the year and that changed the life of Grizi.
Around the Christmas break, the French was already the undisputed starter and it was until he left for Barça in 2019. The ways of his departure still haunt him and you are going to have to sweat to reverse the current situation. This afternoon, in his second trial at the Metropolitano, Cholo is considering placing him upstairs next to Correa. “Griezmann arrives just in time”, was the owner of AS for that chronicle. And he is on time, seven years later, to experience another catharsis like that one.