Antoine Griezmann

[Horatio]

He wasn't that bad. Involved in all the buildup. A few sloppy passes and scoring boots definitely left at home.

 

[FinBarcelonafan]

He was the usual cardioman

 

[SmilerBam]

This him now ?

He should be in a circus.Perfect job for him.

 

[Total-Football]

Nice cardio so far vs ossasuna. Runs everywhere does nothing. Another day in the sauna I guess

 

[Total-Football]

He was the usual cardioman

Everymatch is a jogging session

 

[Total-Football]

Glorious jogging session yesterday against madrid. We truly robbed madrid of those 20 Millions.

 

[Messi983]

Brilliant player.

 

[BerkeleyBernie]

Brilliant player.

The real MOTM, key part in 5 of the 6 goals vs Sevilla. Even Depay, who got MOTM, said it was Griezmann.

 

[Porque]

Barca B played well at the weekend. Bizarro land when Atleti are scoring 6 with ex-Barca forwards while Barcelona are scraping 1-0s with Xavi.

 

[ajnotkeith]

Barca B played well at the weekend. Bizarro land when Atleti are scoring 6 with ex-Barca forwards while Barcelona are scraping 1-0s with Xavi.

Xavi is a pure defensive coach at this point. There is more than enough evidence to see it.

Cruyff said 'I'd rather win 5-4 than 1-0'. Xavi's mindset seems to be the complete opposite.

 

[Messi983]

To be fair to Xavi this team strength is the defense so playing defensively makes sense. Would be stupid of him trying to play something they can't do especially when missing most creative midfielder and two best forwards.

OTOH if Ferran would score that pen it's likely Araujo also wouldn't be sent off and this game would more likely end up 3,4-0 than holding onto a 1-0 lead. And we didn't really struggle too much playing a man down for half an hour either as Valencia is just too bad and had their only shot (well, more like pass to MATS) on target in 95th minute.

Same really in El Clasico. Real had possession but didn't create shit when we were defending deep. Why give them a chance and play to their strengths with a high backline so they could kill us on the counter attacks like it happened so many times in the past?

This team doesn't have quality upfront to score 4 or 5 goals every game so keeping it tight at the back is needed to win games but that alone doesn't automatically make Xavi a defensive coach.

 

[Messi983]

Better DM than Busi
More creative than Gavi
Better striker than Lewy

bring my man back

 

[soul24rage]

Miss you Mister.

 

[Devils]

World class player no doubt.

Would have been much better off at a team like Bayern Munich, Liverpool or City than at Barca. Probably wouldn't be back at Atletico if he went to one of those teams though.

 

[CatalinR10]

really good game so far