The jewel of his rebirth. With a superb goal to crown the great success of FC Barcelona 4-1 at Villarreal for the 34th day of Liga, Antoine Griezmann silenced the critics and gave hope to Barça, who returned four points behind the leader Real Madrid, winner 1- 0 in Bilbao Sunday.
At the heart of the controversy despite himself, after coming into play in the 90th minute against his former team, Atlético de Madrid Tuesday (2-2), Griezmann (29 years) swept away doubts about his strength of resilience this Sunday : his magnificent flat lob on the left foot (45th) has given new colors to Barça, after the goal by Luis Suarez (20th) and the counter camp of Pau Torres (3rd) on which the French could also have scored, and before the '' ultimate achievement of Ansu Fati (86th), and puts some suspense in the race for the title in La Liga.
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😍 Served by Leo Messi, Grizou lobs Villarreal's goalkeeper with a magnificent coiled strike!
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After Real Madrid's short 1-0 victory in Bilbao thanks to a new penalty from captain Sergio Ramos, the Madrid rival had a seven-point lead before the Catalans' trip to Villarreal, who therefore had to win to keep an ounce hope to keep their title of champion of Spain.
It's done, and with the way: a trio of attack "MSG" found, A Lionel Messi very accomplice with his two partners of attack on their two goals, and a Barça who raised the head of the water the time of a match, after drowning lately between the mixed results and the locker room bickering.
A goal celebrated with Lionel Messi
The proof, with the image of a "Grizi" who jumped in the arms of his captain Messi to celebrate his 9th goal in La Liga this season, all smiles, after the reduction of the score of Villarreal by Gerard Moreno (13th).
“They coordinated in an extraordinary way, we forced their defenders to discover each other. We managed to progress on the sides and to attract people in the axis. It was exactly what we wanted. They had a very good game, they have a lot of qualities. We finished this match satisfied and they too, I'm sure, because we had a great match and everyone enjoyed it, "savored coach Quique Setién at a press conference after- match, Sunday evening.
"It is true that it is hard to bring him in this way, for a player of his level. […] But you still have the hope that a player like him can do a punctual action that will allow you to win the match ”, was justified Quique Setién after the“ scandal ”of Tuesday, where he had not given that three minutes at the end of the match to an attacking world champion of the caliber of Griezmann.
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Confirmation this Sunday, with the jewel of Griezmann which followed that of Suarez and sealed the victory of Barça, and this successful result against a Villarreal far from being shy and more than ever candidate for Europe (5th)… A necessary reply so as not to give up hope in the title race, four points behind the Madrid leader (77 pts), still saved by Sergio Ramos earlier today in San Mamés.