The footage was captured by television cameras on Wednesday evening.
We see, a few minutes after the final whistle and far from the toxic agitation of a stormy post-match, Antoine Griezmann staring into space, his face marked by the disappointment of an elimination in the quarter-finals of the Champions League (0-0, 1-0) against Manchester City and a palpable emotion with a few tears that are hard to hide.
At 31, the world champion is aware of having missed an important meeting, with a lackluster match and a black series of ten games without scoring that continues.
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Returning last summer to a club he knows by heart (first stint between 2014 and 2019) and eager to revive after the known failure in Barcelona, “Grizou” had checked off this evening against the Citizens for long weeks.
Eager to show all his qualities and to justify the confidence of his trainer, Diego Simeone, with whom he has an excellent relationship, the French left-hander was not up to the task.
Placed on the right side of the Colchoneros attack, he lacked weight in the zone of truth, with an unusual imprecision and sometimes some influence.
To the point of being replaced in the 69th minute of play, when Atlético Madrid needed to score, by Yannick Ferreira Carrasco.
Antoine Griezmann SUSANA VERA / REUTERS
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At the final whistle, if he wanted to greet the supporters of the Wanda Metropolitano, at the rendezvous with a crazy atmosphere on Wednesday evening, the native of Macon also had a look for his wife and children, present Wednesday evening in the box reserved for the families of the players.
Before shedding a few tears, aware of not being present again at the meeting of the semi-finals of the Champions League.
Like for five years.