The secrets of Griezmann 2.0, Atlético's last scorer at the Bernabéu

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In the life of Antoine Griezmann (Mâcon, 1991) there are principles that are non-negotiable.

Probably the main one, so basic, so complex, is to be happy.

Happiness is capable of making sense of everything.

That is why he returned to Atlético, after two years in Barcelona where something was missing.

That is why there is no trace left of those first whistles with which the Metropolitan Wanda received him upon his return.

The work and the goals, that was their plan, they have been silenced.

"Antoine always wanted to return and be where he wants to be," stressed

, in the run-up to the Bernabéu derby.

Surely neither he nor the French striker will have forgotten that night of June 30, 2020. There was barely a minute left for the Barcelona-Atlético final, when Griezmann stood on the side of the Camp Nou, a couple of meters from the Argentine coach.

El

, hands on his hips, whispered something before biting his lip.

Antoine smiled resignedly, under the sign for the fourth official.

He seldom walked further from happiness.

Griezmann jokes with Koke, on the way to training.

All that is past. Today, despite retaking the rojiblanca cause on matchday four, Griezmann is the tenth player with the most minutes in the squad. Also, the second top scorer (7), just one

, whom he met in the first of his two years in Barcelona. If Atlético are in the knockout stages of the Champions League, it is largely thanks to his goals at San Siro and Porto, a few kilometers from the place where his maternal grandfather,

, made a career as a footballer.

.

Acclimatization has been dizzying because neither the Cerro del Espino de Majadahonda (training ground) nor the Metropolitano had secrets from him.

Everything was very familiar.

Perhaps the biggest challenge, aside from the team's new style of play, was meeting the teammates who were not there when he left.

For example,

, the owner of what was his number 7, booked to make him forget him.

In these weeks, the Portuguese has raised his face for Antoine publicly and Antoine has done the same for Joao.

With

and

maintains a relationship beyond the dressing room.

The siesta and the chef

Griezmann returned knowing what he was going to find and with the recipe to turn it around. "Absolutely no one will take away his talent from him. That is what makes him different within our team. It is talent, more sacrifice, more effort, more knowing how to compete. What are we going to tell about Antoine that he has not shown on the field", Simeone praised him yesterday, one of the keys to the return of the Frenchman. At his side he has scored 140 goals in 274 games and walks packed towards

record of 172

. "At Atlético you will always be a legend," his wife,

, the mother of Mia, Alba and Amaro, the name of his maternal grandfather, with a Portuguese heart

, warned him one day

.

Antoine is a homely and calm guy, who likes to be surrounded by his people, his circle.

In it was (and is)

, the godfather of his daughter Mia.

Also, for example,

, his personal chef who watches over every detail of his nutrition from his first stage as a rojiblanco.

Or

, physiotherapist for the French team in Euro'16 and a trusted person, who works as a complement so that his body is well sharpened.

Although Griezmann, as he has once confessed, is nobody without a good nap.

Above all, after every workout.

So your muscles are relaxed.

Two injuries

And that cocktail is perfect for him. He has played

between Atlético (274), Barcelona (102) and Real Sociedad (202), plus another 102 with the French team, where he has played for a minute in all international matches since 2017. He has only missed four due to injury. A trauma caused his only absence with Atlético and a muscular problem, last year, forced him to miss three as a Barça player.

Tonight (9:00 p.m.), Antoine, a guy who likes to talk more on than off the pitch (he has barely given three interviews in the last three years, beyond commercial obligations or flashes) returns to the Santiago Bernabéu.

And that is already good news for Atlético.

No one has been able to score there since he last did it in 2018 (1-1).

The last Atletico victory, in 2016, at the dawn of the

era

, also bore his stamp (0-1).

He scored at the home of the great rival for three years in a row.

Because Griezmann's happiness is also that of Atlético.

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