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Antoine Griezmann will debut at the age of 29 against his eternal rival

Published:16/02/2021 - 07:53h

Updated:16/02/2021 - 07:53h

Antoine Griezmann will play for the first time in his career against Paris Saint-Germain, the great rival of the team he followed as a child, which was none other than Olympique de Marseille

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The FC Barcelona-Paris Saint-Germain will be a special party for a lot of player, as for example for Kylian Mbappé, that never has confronted to the group barcelonista. It will be the debut of the leading youngster Parisian in front of the Barça and a lot of looks will be put in him. Of the same way, in France a lot of eyes go to be posed in Antoine Griezmann, that will confront for the first time to the best team of his country from does years.

The ex attacker of the Athletic of Madrid never had had to play against the PSG along his career. In his stay in the Real Sociedad, the times that contested European competition did not touch this club, the same that occurred in Vicente Calderón and Wanda Metroplitano. Neither the year happened the Barça had the occasion to play against the ones of the Park of the Princes, since they did not remain in square in the same group, in eighth of final touched the Naples and in fourth the Bayern of Munich, with the remembered 2-8.

By all this, the '7' blaugrana had not had the opportunity to play against a team that somehow is very special for him. 'Grizzy' Is from small fan of the Olympique of Marseilles, the big rival of the PSG in France. The rivalry between both groups is legendary, and these last years, especially by the duel Neymar Jr-Álvaro González, has gone back harder and evident.

By this reason, Griezmann will go out even more motivated, since probably it will want to 'avenge' to the club of his infancy of the 0-2 that lumbered with him the Parisians does less than two weeks. In France will be very attentive to his evolutions for this reason, but also because the ones of Mauritius Pochettino are the best of the country and Antoine has been the best player of the selection 'bleu' along the past decade.

Luckily for the Barcelona, the forward arrives, in addition to extra motivated, in very good form. In what it goes of 2021, the ex colchonero has annotated 7 goals and has delivered 7 assistances in total, spectacular numbers that do him be one of the big dangers of the Barça. Every time it sees him more integrated in the team, understands better with his mates and his presence could be fundamental.

Dembélé, another of the appeals of the party

But in the country Frenchman no only will have his eyes put in Griezmann, since also there will be special attention by Ousmane Dembélé​, that until this campaign seemed to have lost his place in the combined of Didier Deschamps. The one of Vernon goes to have to do merits to go to the Eurocopa and wants to show against the PSG that his big moment in Spain does also extensible to Europe.

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