"I have enough."
Enough of the comments about his spleen dragged to Barcelona.
Enough of an alleged disenchantment between him and Lionel Messi, in particular advanced by his former agent Eric Olhats to whom he has "not spoken for three years".
At the end of November, Antoine Griezmann emptied his bag at the microphone of the Movistar + channel.
The exclamation point of a rage to win found and demonstrated.
The former Atlético de Madrid player, who cost Barça nearly 120 million euros in the summer of 2019, is playing his best football for a long time.
The click, in the French team as in Catalonia, may have finally arrived.
"He seems to feel more liberated on the ground"
Ronald koeman
Griezmann's goal against Dynamo Kiev on November 24 (4-0)
It is under a pink jersey that Griezmann saw life in the same color again, on October 31 in Alavés (1-1).
On the hour mark, the Frenchman was realistic to score with a stung ball and open his goal counter this season.
Confidence regained, the world champion went on a roller coaster the following week against Real Betis (5-2).
He delivered an assist to Ousmane Dembélé, then missed a penalty that Lionel Messi had left him, before finally scoring on a gift from the same Messi.
All in a successful performance, made of balloons touched between the lines and repetitions of successful passes.
His regain of form is good, since his Argentinian teammate and six-time Ballon d'Or also nodded.
More than ever, Barça needs Griezmann.
Griezmann, the lungs of Barça's attack
In the wake of his development in Spain, the number 10 of the Blues shone in Portugal, in a decisive match in the League of Nations on November 14 (0-1).
A month earlier, coach Didier Deschamps had run out of ideas to defend him, recalling that "82 selections, 32 goals and 21 assists, that speaks".
Griezmann, he starts talking on the pitch.
And he raises his tone.
Passed through like his entire team at Atlético de Madrid (0-1), Griezmann found himself at the heart of the game against Osasuna (4-0) to oxygenate the Blaugrana attack.
On his first 4 starts of the season in La Liga, the French touched an average of 30 balls per game.
Last Sunday, he touched 89. Among which a superb spontaneous volley and an aggressive recovery, followed by a pass tinged with lucidity when he could have shot to serve Philippe Coutinho.
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“Thanks to his movements, he found more freedom, more space, analyzed his trainer Ronald Koeman at a press conference.
He seems to feel more liberated on the pitch and that's a good thing. ”
More than healed, the ailments are treated.
At 33, Messi seems doomed to play a notch higher, to be less and less initiative in actions.
Griezmann (29) takes the measure of his role, in a team with a collective game in progress and less dependent on his Argentine star in recent times.
All is not perfect in Barcelona, where defensive deficiencies remain a matter of concern.
But before a trip to the Hungarians of Ferencvaros this Wednesday (9 p.m.) in the Champions League, and while Barça has already validated his ticket for the final phase, Griezmann is smiling from ear to ear.
We had not lost the habit.
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