Griezmann: “Many times I returned home without putting up with Simeone”

Feb 15, 2024, 12:17 PM ET

The French striker Antoine Griezmann, top scorer in the history of Atlético Madrid, confessed in a tribute paid to him by the Colchonero club that he often returned home “without putting up with” coach Diego Simeone.

“There were times when I came home following training and told my wife ‘I can’t stand this guy anymore, I don’t understand what he wants from me’. I was more of a player who didn’t kick much on goal and sometimes I would stop training saying that you had to kick, you had to score goals,” Griezmann said.

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“It was difficult for me to get into the dynamics of the team, to understand what he was looking for from me. But with work and the teammates who helped me a lot, we gave everything forward and it turned out well,” he concluded.

Griezmann said he “felt like crying” when He scored the 174th goal with which he surpassed Luis Aragonés’ record in the Spanish Super Cup once morest Real Madridon January 10.

“I remember at half-time, that Cholo (Simeone) spoke, his teammates spoke and I felt like crying. We were in the game, with the nerves of the match. And it is following the game, wanting to cry, when I return to to think regarding all the first minutes and how it cost me and my family to be an important player,” he recalled.

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“It all started from the great assist from Rodri (De Paul). In the end, I’m not a great dribbler. I saw Rudiger in front of me and that dribble came out. In the end, with my right I tried to shoot as best as possible and with luck it was a goal “It came out like that, by chance, because I’m not a great dribbler. In the end, you see teammates who do it, games on TV and something sticks in your head and it came out like that,” the French attacker rewound.

“There are many names and legends of the club, who have marked eras here, and being so high up is something that gives me a lot of pride and I enjoy every day,” he said in the television program that Atlético designed in the auditorium of the Cívitas Metropolitano stadium. to honor their top scorer in history, in a few days without a midweek game.