Every game, the same tune.
Upon returning from the locker room, Antoine Griezmann leaves to warm up and enters the game a little after the 60th minute of play. A situation that has been repeated with Atlético de Madrid since the start of the season, whether in La Liga or in the League of champions.
Tuesday evening, during the defeat of the Colchoneros against Bayer Leverkusen (2-0), the world champion appeared on the lawn in the 62nd minute of play. Seven games that this grotesque situation continues.
Yet the 31-year-old Macon native is on fire after a life-saving family vacation following a grueling 2021-2022 exercise at all levels and full summer physical preparation.
But in this explosive file, nothing is played out on the ground, the whole problem lies behind the scenes.
Following an instruction from his bosses, Diego Simeone, Atlético coach and one of Griezmann's mentors, has been forced to use the Frenchman only sparingly since the start of the season.
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