The valid champion of LaLiga Santander, the Athletic of Madrid, will receive to the FC Barcelona in Wanda Metropolitan next Saturday 2 October to the 21.00 hours. A duel that will serve for the reunion of the French forward Antoine Griezmann with the picture directed by the Dutch trainer Ronald Koeman, afterwards that his exit of the City Condal signed to last hour of the past market of transfer. The pasantía of the footballer Frenchman by the Camp Nou did not fill the expectations and even the president of the Catalan entity, Joan Laporta, has said that it was not the player that needed.
His last memory of the fans culé that has carried was this boo received in the Barcelona enclosure during the clash against the Getafe (2-1) by LaLiga. "It was not the player that needed", admitted the mandamás of the Barça, "think that could have given more, but the circumstances were complicated", added during an interview offered during the program Onze, of Esport 3. When it questioned him to Laporta on the reasons of the reason a player of the category of Griezmann was not able to adapt to the discipline culé, east answered: "Perhaps it did not fit in the system of the Barça".
However, the Catalan lawyer stood out that in spite of all the difficulties that touched him confront to the footballer to be able to join up in the first team, this always kept his professionalism and win to triumph under the control of Koeman, the one who ranged it in his last party dressing the elastic blaugrana the past Sunday 29 August, in the worked victory in front of the own 'azulones'.
"I have not seen him never an attitude criticable. It is a big player. It does not fit in our system, but always has had a big attitude. Futbolísticamente, was not the player that needed. It could have given more. It has to play the 50 percent of parties in which it was available, is the only clause in the obligation of the purchase", recalcó Laporta.
A grey return
Griezmann In front of the Espanyol, this Sunday by the national championship, did not have the best of the returns to the 'Atleti', in fact, was cataloged like a quite grey return "". It was headline, but without any type of influence in the game, more near of the 'Grizi' of the Barça that of the that was rojiblanco. His performance limited to Zero finish to door, two went. It played 58 minutes and added ten losses, in addition to errar seven passes against (17 good). It costs to remember, that the last party before the Sunday that Griezmann had played with the Athletic had been on 18 May 2019, in the Ciutat of Valencia, in front of the Raise. Two years, three months and 26 days afterwards.