Atlético suffered, but Atlético is in the knockout stages of the Champions League.
And can especially thank Antoine Griezmann.
Scorer during the victory of the Madrilenians Tuesday night in Porto (3-1), the French played a leading role in this capital success for the Colchoneros, forced to win in Portugal to see February in C1.
The world champion, author of the opener (56th) and decisive passer on the second goal scored by Correa, was logically elected man of the match for his performance in a tense match.
“It's Atleti.
This match is the summary of the group stage because we knew that we were playing everything here, the player at the microphone of Movistar stressed.
It is a pride to belong to this team.
I came back for this and I am very happy.
I hope we can have a good Champions League campaign.
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A "decisive" Griezmann for the Spanish press
“We knew it was a difficult game, but we had prepared it, reacted the striker, back at Atlético this summer.
I am proud of this team.
We all fought and worked really well and I'm sure the people here at the stadium enjoyed the game.
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"We suffer and we win together," published Antoine Griezmann in the evening on his Instagram account.
A sentence accompanied by a photo of the joy of Diego Simeone's players in the locker room at the end of the match.
The Spanish press, like the sports daily Marca on its front page, praised the Frenchman's “decisive” match.
Who, after a comeback to have gone to FC Barcelona, seems on track to win back the hearts of fans of the other club in the Spanish capital.