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seems

happy.

They do not miss the images of him smiling in training and sharing love with his teammates, celebrating that he continues to be one of the pieces most valued by

.

There is no discussion in the club regarding his role.

In Getafe, after scoring the formidable goal with which Atlético closed a debut in the League who knows if prescient (0-3), Griezmann proudly raised his finger.

The dedication was for his three-year-old son

, whom he usually dresses in red and white colors.

It happens that in football everything has a reverse.

Griezmann was not part of the starting eleven with which Simeone faced the duel at the Coliseum Alfonso Pérez.

It was not until minute 63 that he did not show his white hair.

Such is the competition that the Frenchman has on the offensive front - the starters

and

, with three assists for the first and two goals for the second, in addition to

and

- that the Argentine coach has been dreaming of a solution for weeks.

And it is none other than finding a fit for Griezmann as an interior, which is precisely where he found the first official minutes of the season and from where he started to sew the ball to his foot and release his redemptive left-footed shot from the balcony of the area.

21 games without scoring

With the statistics as shackles, Griezmann was reminded that he was without scoring a goal in an official match, neither with Atlético nor with France (21 games), since last January 6, when he did it in the Copa del Rey against Rayo Majadahonda (was injured for two months).

Or even that he had not been able to find the net in the League for almost nine months, when he scored against Cádiz (1-4) on November 28, 2021. Which would be an anomaly for a footballer who has already racked up 160 goals in the League (40 at Real Sociedad, 22 at Barcelona and 98 at Atlético), equaling

as the eighteenth all-time scorer in the championship.

The eight goals and seven assists in his 36 games last season, figures far from the best omens regarding his return, did not make Atlético doubt about his continuity this summer.

Griezmann is completing his second loan season in a course in which he will have to be aware of how much he plays.

According to the clauses signed in his transfer contract, Atlético will have to take charge of a payment of 40 million euros to Barcelona as long as he plays 50% of the games, adding the two seasons and with a minimum of 45 minutes, in the that the footballer is available to play.

Last season, Griezmann went up to 81%, being lined up for that minimum of 45 minutes in 30 of the 37 games in which he was at Simeone's disposal.

new way

«That I speak of Griezmann has no weight.

I know what he can give and I know what he has.

Let's hope that he continues in this line in which he has worked to be in this form, "said

once that victory against Getafe was completed, which opens a new path for the

.

And it is none other than that step back on the field (where

circulated ), without getting in the way of Joao Félix, behind the two offensive references, which allows him to exploit his combativeness and moves him away from the areas of greatest traffic jam .

Always with the goal in the face.

Even further back than where he usually plays in

' France as an offensive channel for Mbappé and Benzema.

Griezmann is 31 years old.

Four years ago he won the World Cup with France, being the great reference in the tournament of a team that will once again be favorites in the World Cup in Qatar and where his place is guaranteed.

And now that it might seem that he does not have a clear gap in Simeone's starting eleven is when he shows his capacity for rebellion.

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