Antoine Griezmann lived a bittersweet day on Tuesday in the Metropolitan. What was on the way to being his big night with the mattress fans ended in a nightmare. Because after achieving two goals so that he Atlético de Madrid will tie the game against him Liverpool, before game time he was sent off for raising his leg to control a ball and hitting the face of Firmino.
The Frenchman was disconsolate from the field of play, but yes, with applause from the swollen mattress, in another step towards reconciliation. Yes indeed, is pending to know his sanction. It is safe for the Anfield clash and because it is a direct red, it could fall another punishment game, which would be against Milan at home.
Griezmann has already scored three goals on his return to Atlético. One against Milan at the San Siro and the two on Tuesday against Liverpool. All three in Champions. That is has not yet been released in the League. And on Sunday the Real Sociedad, the team in which he was formed and with which he debuted in the First Division, will arrive at the Metropolitano, living very good years as ‘txuri-urdin’.
The Frenchman has scored six goals against his former team, four with Atlético de Madrid and two with Barcelona. Six so many that he has not celebrated out of respect for the Basque club, although the Frenchman is willing to increase the account to debut in the League and get rid of the bad taste in his mouth that he left when he was sent off against him Liverpool.
His six ‘targets’ against Real
His first goal in front of the Real society came on April 7, 2015, in a clash that Atlético won 2-0 at Vicente Calderón. He scored the second goal in the 9th minute of the game, after an own goal by the San Sebastian team. Six months later, in Anoeta, he also saw the door to open the scoreboard. Carrasco later made the final 0-2.
That same course, in the return leg at the Calderón, the Frenchman scored one of the three goals with which Atlético defeated Real Sociedad at the Manzanares. Diego Reyes at own door and Saul they did the other so many in the afternoon. And on 17/18, already in the Metropolitan, Griezmann certified the comeback of the mattress box against the team of Eusebio Sacristan, who went ahead with a goal from Willian jose penalty. Filipe Luis he tied in the second half and in the 88th minute, the Frenchman left the victory at home.
Already with Barça, he scored against Real society in the two seasons that he wore Barça. Some in 19/20 and another in 20/21. On Sunday, Griezmann He will seek the seventh goal of his career against Real Sociedad.
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