Double, wearing the captain’s armband from the initial photo, in Atlético’s last game, last Wednesday in Palma de Mallorca against Balearic Islands in the Cup. Goal, coming from the bench, to make it 1-1 and celebrate the victory against Valencia in the previous rojiblanco match, in LaLiga. No matter the competition, no matter what moment, the only certainty is that Griezmann is always. All you have to do is look back, because it is the only rojiblanco that has chained 53 appearances entering Simeone’s plans.
In other words, Antoine has not missed an Atlético duel since last January 15when El Cholo gave Elche (then in the Second Division) a 0-4 break in the round of 16 of the last edition of the Cup. Since then, following the league visit to Leganés three days later (curiously he would miss a penalty in the last minute, missing the opportunity to equalize the local 1-0), the Frenchman would be present in all the matches: 19 in the domestic championship, four in the Champions League, three in the Cup, all three in the Club World Cup (29 in total) and the 24 of the current season.
Griezmann’s double against Atlético Baleares
In fact, if Montilivi maintains its trend (as expected), Griezmann will put the finishing touch on 2025, having only missed one match out of the 57 played by Atlético. However, for his commitment, because if in the current year he has perfectly assumed his role as a luxury catalyst, leading Cholo to make use of him in all the games (Gallagher, who has also appeared more times from the bench than in the starting eleven, is the other one who has always participated), Last season he was already ‘omnipresent’, taking part in 56 of the team’s 58 gamesthe victory against Cacereño (1-3) in the second round of the Cup being the other event in which he did not defend the red and white shirt.
Always available
Beyond the fact that at 34 years old his physique and his rhythm are no longer the same, his retirement from the national team has probably been the best decision to be able to extend his career at Atlético in pursuit of the League, Champions or Cup title that he longs for, because He has not missed a game due to injury since March 9, 2024two seasons ago. Coupled with the fact that he is not a player punished by the referees, the last time he was not available to Cholo was on May 4 of last year, when he had to serve a one-match suspension for warnings. Or what is the same, He has been ready to serve the team no more and no less than in the last 86 games.
