"Part of the public will insult him": Antoine Griezmann to win back Atlético supporters

What reception will Antoine Griezmann be entitled to for his reunion with Atlético supporters on Wednesday evening?

The Frenchman, who should start in attack to face Porto on Wednesday night (9 p.m.) in the Champions League, will set foot on the pitch at Wanda Metropolitano with a Madrid club jersey on his back for the first time since his departure for Barça in 2019 And let's say that the player loaned by the Catalan club should not be welcomed with the honors of his rank of world champion.

“Part of the audience will whistle and insult him, that's for sure.

When his name is announced and as soon as he touches the ball.

A minority will still applaud him, announces Eduardo Fernandez, president of the international union of peñas (Editor's note: group of supporters) of Atlético in an interview with L'Équipe.

We were hurt by his departure and especially the way he did it.

It is unanimous among the supporters.

We have the feeling of having been led away and deceived.

Like during an infidelity.

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The president of Atlético "would understand" that he is being whistled

A year before his departure for Catalonia, Antoine Griezmann had staged the suspense around a possible transfer in a documentary broadcast by a chain of the Movistar group before finally announcing that he would remain among the Colchoneros.

He had been extensively whistled for his return in front of his ex-supporters with Barça at the end of 2019. "I would understand that he is being whistled, but that will not help anything," said Atlético president Enrique Cerezo in an interview at the Cadena Ser.

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The player, who wears short hair again as in his heyday at Atlético (2014-2019), has multiplied the posts on Instagram to show his motivation to find the Madrilenians, crowned champions of Spain last season. "What do we want from Griezmann?" Let him be the footballer he always has been. A very important player, a leader with talent, goals… ”asked his coach Diego Simeone at a press conference on Tuesday evening.