Unstoppable: Griezmann and his radical change in just one month

Antoine Griezmann spoke with the truth the past month of November. It said that it was not enjoying and this noticed in the field. Until then, the French resulted a big enigma in the FC Barcelona, as it had opted for isolating of all what said on him. And when it spoke, it threw of common places and low profile.

"Each week happens something, put me in a controversy with Leo, say that I go me in January, a presidential candidate says that it would not have me fichado... I can not enjoy", it ensured Griezmann. However, in the interview to Valdano something changed definitively: "it Is time to to put the things in his place, because I carry time holding things and comments and already said that it already suffices". Griezmann Exposed openly his truth and that was a release.

"I carry time holding things and comments and already said that it already suffices"

Days afterwards, Valdano explained the feelings that left him the interview with Antoine: "To Griezmann concerns him that anybody enturbie his relation with Messi". It was a subject that perceived , was almost palpable. To the French him incomodaba of considerable way this external pressure that besides added him an indefinite role in the team and a position that felt that it prejudiced him.

But, definitely, something changed after that interview. It remained clear in the parties that followed him and the own Valdano kidded on the subject. It explained that the Argentinian star had given him three councils: "If you receive inside the area, stop it with the right leg and cross it with the left (Dinamo of Kiev). If you are out of the area and a ball falls you from the sky, hit him of volley and nail it in the angle (Osasuna). If you receive a centre raso and are in the first stick, resolves with a taconazo dry underneath of the legs of the goalkeeper (Ferencvaros)".

Still with the training 4-2-3-1, Griezmann could enjoy of several parties like mediapuntto. In the position exploded with the Athletic of Madrid and France. And here it played some of his best parties with the Barça from his arrival to the club, that since has been constantly criticised, but that seems that finally it has adapted to the staff.

Go back to begin

That alignment resulted ephemeral, and of turn with the 4-3-3, seemed that Griezmann went back to the same situation of his first season. Again it returned to the left band, with Messi of false nine and Dembélé by the right. Sucedió The past month of December in front of the Raise afterwards of the bochornoso resulted in front of the Juventus. That seemed to prejudice to the French, but of to little has gone growing to the rhythm of the team.

Antoine has attained it where anybody expected it: in the left band. January was the month in which all definitively changed, has harvested five goals (three in the League and two in the Supercopa) and four assistances. Koeman Has used to Griezmann in all the positions in the front of attack, but anybody expected these figures in the position that so much had prejudiced it.

The Barça finds the formula

The Barcelona has found an ideal structure from the solidity of Araujo and the good connection go in Of Jong, Pedri and Messi. Having this like base, players like Dembélé and Griezmann have given a positive jump in his performance. The ex of the Athletic great 10 goals and six assistances in 28 parties contested in what it goes of season. And further of the statistics, the most important and what also has showed in field is that it is enjoying.

Only it subtracts to observe how it connects with Messi in the field. The presence of Ousmane also has contributed of important way, as it is a player with which has very good tuning inside and out of the field. Definitively it is not the Griezmann of the Athletic neither the one of France, because it plays in another position and fulfils with a distinct role, but is the version that the Barça needs of him with Lionel in the field.