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Griezmann: "I am motivated to be someone important at Atlético, to be a legend in this club. I know I have to earn it." (www.marca.com)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (3 children)

He gets a lot of criticism for his time at Barcelona but how much of his failure was the managers inability to use him. At Atleti he has been successful as a second striker, main striker, winger, attacking midfielder, center midfielder, defensive midfielder, and even as fullback. Both Simeone and Deschamps know exactly how to utilize him.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I'm not that familiar with his career; when did he play as fullback? Was he rightback?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Occasionally at the end of games he has had to play on defense to close out games. Usually after an injury or all subs were used.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

But he also might have matured as a result of the Barca stint which allowed him to be even more flexible now.

Maybe he just weren’t in the right state of mind during his Barca years (possibly in combination with manager issues).

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

he was so damn good at the world cup, almost flew under the radar