Madrid (AFP)

Antoine Griezmann, still transparent for half an hour, has still not assumed his superstar rookie status and Atlético Madrid conceded a 0-0 draw at home against Porto on Wednesday on the first day of the Champions League.

Spared by Diego Simeone and launched in the 56th minute in place of the Portuguese prodigy Joao Felix, the French world champion did not convince for his comeback in his old stadium.

The audience of Wanda-Metropolitano whistled bluntly when he entered the game.

He started his game with three errors in judgment and one loss of the ball.

This certainly did not calm his detractors who regularly ransacked the plaque in his name installed on the esplanade of the stadium and who had already booed him during his return to Wanda, under the colors of Barça, in the fall of 2019 .

And as in his first match under the Rojiblancas colors last weekend at Espanyol Barcelona in La Liga (2-1 success), "Grizou" did not weigh on the match on Wednesday night.

Antoine Griezmann frustrated during the draw between Atletico Madrid and Porto (0-0) on Wednesday September 15 in Madrid as part of the first day of the Champions League GABRIEL BOUYS AFP

But his entry into the game, combined with that of Angel Correa at the same time, however, allowed Atlético to accelerate the game of the Madrilenians and generate rare scoring chances.

The end of the game was also packed, until the exclusion of Chancel Mbemba (90th + 6) for a fault on Griezmann who went on goal.

- Lemar leaves prematurely -

The meeting was generally quite flat.

The only events that disturbed his tranquility were a huge tackle in his own area from the former French international and now Central African Geoffrey Kondogbia (27th), the whistles supported by the Portuguese Pepe (33rd and 54th), former Real Madrid (l 'eternal neighbor rival of the Colchoneros).

And above all, two chills: a first after returning from the locker room with a very distant strike, from the right wing, from Otavio, who touched the inside of Jan Oblak's post without entering the cage (50th).

Then a second, in the 80th, when Mehdi Taremi scored an opportunistic goal after a mess between Oblak and Kondogbia.

A goal canceled because the Iranian international touched the ball with his right hand before it entered the Madrid cage.

The duel between Atletico Madrid midfielder Koke (left) and FC Porto striker Mehdi Taremi (right) in the draw (0-0) in Madrid on Wednesday September 15 as part of the first matchday of the Champions League GABRIEL BOUYS AFP

In addition to the draw, the bad news of the evening for Atlético was the premature exit of its other French international Thomas Lemar: excellent since the start of the season, Lemar had to give way to Rodrigo De Paul from the 36th, victim of "muscle pain" according to a brief statement from the club.

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