He first had to digest the presentation by his Argentinian teammates Angel Correa, Rodrigo de Paul and Nahuel Molina of their world champion medals to the public at the Wanda Metropolitano.
But after politely applauding his executioners in the World Cup final 11 days earlier, Antoine Griezmann got to work for La Liga's return to normal on Thursday night with Atlético de Madrid against Elche (2-0 ).
Recognizable by his neon pink hair, the best passer in the history of the France team (28 offerings) delivered a caviar to Joao Felix, who opened the scoring (56th).
Alvaro Morata, with a blocked shot (74th), took the Colchoneros to safety.
And now Barca
Atlético ended a game started with a tribute to Pelé 10 against 9, after the expulsions of Mario Hermoso (53rd) on the Madrid side, Gonzalo Cacicedo (45th + 1) and Domingos Quina (90th) on the Elche side.
Thanks to this success, Griezmann and his teammates temporarily go back to the podium of the Spanish championship, 10 points behind the leader, FC Barcelona.
Atlético will receive Barça on the next day, Sunday January 8.
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