Page 36 - Soccer360 Issue 105

ANTOINE GRIEZMANN SPOTLIGHT
ATLETICO’S
RECORD BREAKER
“AT THE START OF 2024,
ANTOINE GRIEZMANN FACED A BATTLE TO REBUILD HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH THE ATLETICO MADRID FANS UPON RETURNING FROM BARCELONA, BUT HE’S SECURED HIS PLACE IN THE CLUB’S HISTORY BY BECOMING THEIR RECORD GOALSCORER. FEARGAL BRENNAN HIGHLIGHTS THE FRANCE STAR’S ATLETICO JOURNAEY.
ntoine Griezmann’s career finds itself split into chapters with a consistent plotline based around the red and white of Atletico Madrid. Across his two separate spells at first the Vincente Calderon Stadium and now the Wanda Metropolitana, the 2018
FIFA World Cup winner has secured his own special place in the club’s history under
the tutelage of long-serving
coach Diego Simeone, and been one of the world’s greatest all-round attacking players. Having made his name at Real Sociedad
by helping them reach the Champions League for the first time in 10 years in
2013, a year later Griezmann moved to Atletico and it was there where he fully maximised his potential and proved he was one of the best. Not only was he a quality finisher and prolific goalscorer, but he also proved himself as an outstanding passer and playmaker with world-class technical ability. His boundless energy and willingness to work hard for the team made him the perfect linchpin for Simeone’s pragmatic yet physically demanding playing style.
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GRIEZMANN BECAME
ATLETICO MADRID’S
ALL-TIME RECORD
GOALSCORER”
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Antoine Griezmann’s career has been defined by his two successful spells with Atletico Madrid