In such a polarized world, also in football, prolegomena like those of the Metropolitan are comforting. As a tribute to Athletic’s 125th anniversary, Atlético loaned him to the club from which the red and white shirt was born, but retained all three points with a Griezmann goal. The Basque team played local in the green, where the opening acts were players who served in both entities. But as dictated by the ‘athletic’ anthem, as soon as the duel began, the contestants “fought like brothers”.
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