A suspenseful match.
This Thursday evening, Atlético Madrid won in the round of 16 of the Copa del Rey against Real Madrid after extra time (4-2), at the end of a spectacular encounter.
And among the great architects of the Colchoneros' victory, we find (unsurprisingly), Antoine Griezmann.
The Frenchman, always so generous in his effort, was decisive in overtime by giving his team the advantage with a little solo number on the right side.
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Proof of the importance of the best scorer in the history of the Rojiblancos in this success, the Spanish press (unanimously) honored him.
“
Griezmann brings Madrid (Real, editor’s note) down from the cloud
”, headlines
Marca
.
Before praising him for his goal, as splendid as it was decisive, on which he played (among others) Vinicius Jr: “
After 90 electric minutes, full of alternatives, details and errors, crude overtimes, it "is the moment chosen by Antoine Griezmann to offer the Metropolitan a fantastic, extraordinary goal, worthy of a genius, by escaping from the right
", we can (in particular) read in the summary of the meeting from the Madrid sports daily .
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“
Griezmann silenced Vinicius Jr”
Sport
AS
, too, was keen to highlight the
Frenchman's “
fantastic goal ” in its summary: “
And there was the great goal from Griezmann, who rounded the baseline, followed by Vinicius, to score a shot from an angle impossible that qualified Atlético and left the champion out of the Cup
,” reports the sports daily based in the Spanish capital.
Sport
, for its part, goes (even) a little further in the praise by headline: “
Griezmann silenced Vinicius Jr
”, a reference (obviously) to the Habs' goal on which he defeated (easily) the Brazilian .
La
Cadena Ser
, too, chose to put the 2018 World champion in the spotlight with a laudatory title: “
Griezmann reigns in chaos and places Atlético de Madrid in the quarter-finals of the Copa del Rey
”.
The summary of the meeting is no less laudatory: “
This ticket (for the quarter-finals, editor’s note) bears his own name, that of Antoine Griezmann.
The Frenchman brought light, quality and above all success in a match full of unforced errors, rebounds and bad clearances.
The precision of the Mâconnais places the reds and whites among the eight best in this competition
,” we read in the introduction.
All is said.