Not necessarily wanted before his arrival by the players in the Catalan locker room, including Lionel Messi, Antoine Griezmann still struggling to find his place at Barça. In Catalonia, his relationship with the Argentine star, in particular, questions.
Last Tuesday, the day before the victory in the Champions League against Inter Milan (2-1), Antoine Griezmann was questioned about this relationship with Lionel Messi. The French player declared then in mixed zone: "It is not someone who speaks a lot, and me either moreover it is difficult to talk to each other but we have already shared a maté so I think we are in the right direction. "
The day after this declaration, Lionel Messi, quickly extinguished the fire by assuring: "We obviously have no problem, we learn little by little to know each other.There is a good relationship in the locker room, we are united It is to be hoped that this continues in this dynamic. "
Griezmann isolated in the locker room?
But behind this facade unit, Antoine Griezmann seems well-isolated. "It's true that Wednesday night, after the victory in the Champions League against Inter Milan 2-1 with a very nice second half, Griezmann appeared very lonely, isolated on the field." Didier Deschamps spoke, everyone is struggling to understand this positioning a little lonely on the left side ", analyzes in particular our correspondent in Spain, Henry de Laguérie.
And the terrain is not the only problem. "Griezmann also seems isolated in the locker room, we talked about it this summer, Messi did not really want Griezmann to come in. I was in the last match of Barça, we saw Griezmann go off the field and be side by side with Ousmane Dembélé on the bench, the player with whom he gets along well.We still feel that he is a little lonely, "continues Henry de Laguérie.
In Barcelona, for the moment, the star remains Messi and especially Messi. Latest illustration: the Argentinian now has his own show. In a partnership signed with the Cirque du Soleil, a show called "Messi10" where the Argentine player is staged was launched. But for the sake of both the French and the group, the osmosis will have to be created between all the players. Before the reception of FC Sevilla this Sunday evening at 21h, the Catalans point to fourth place in the standings, five points behind the leader, Real Madrid.
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