Antoine Griezmann, during a warming with FC Barcelona this season

THE FRENCH, VERY IRREGULAR

The integration of Griezmann in FC Barcelona keeps generating debate

Published:30/10/2019 - 17:22h

Updated:30/10/2019 - 17:22h

Antoine Griezmann keeps being far of his best level, the matches pass and he doesn't give signs of improvement regarding his integration in the team

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It does not be necessary to think that the two suplencias consecutive of Antoine Griezmann in the Camp Nou (Seville and Valladolid) have something that see with his performance futbolístico, but neither is any secret that the French is not luciendo to the level that expected of him in this first third of season. It was substituted also in front of the Slavia of Prague, and the competition with Dembélé and Ansu Fati is beginning to happen him bill.

The star Frenchman is not improving the performance of the two young promises culés, those who are two pure extremes and give more depth to the game of which 'Griezzy' is able to offer. His need to go to the centre of the attack and the frontal of the area to be more dangerous does that congestionen the attacks culés, and sometimes not even the incorporations of Jordi Alba by the left band serve to resolve the played.

Antoine Griezmann, relevando del campo a Ansu Fati
Antoine Griezmann, relieving of the field to Ansu Fati

With Griezmann the Barça plays in fewer square metres that with Dembélé or Ansu Fati, and this reopens the debate on if it suited or not to spend 120 million euros in a footballer that, although it is a star of quality contrasted, does not finish to fit in the current ecosystem of Barcelona game.

To all this, neither seems that his synergy with Leo Messi and Luis Suárez was improving. The end of the party against the Valladolid left a very symbolic action of this: Luis Suárez started from the right band in a contragolpe, and Griezmann accompanied his career by the left, had to push the balloon if the Uruguayan gave him the pass to leave it entirely only.

But the Uruguayan forward did not raise the head, stopped in dry and finished assisting to Messi, that commanded the balloon out of the arch defended by Masip. The played finish in at all and generated several interpretations in the social networks, especially for the minds more morbosas. To Griezmann did not like him the decision taken by Luis Suárez, although it neither reproached it to him.

Griezmann Is not able to show regulate with the Barça

Simply the 'MSG' still is in phase of proofs, and will do fault a lot of months of work to take out his maximum benefit. It can not say that Griezmann was playing badly in the Barça, since it has completed some good performances: it marked two goals in front of the Betis, another against the Villarreal, gave an assistance the day of Valencia, is at present the third maximum goleador of the team and, in front of the Eibar in Ipurua, played also to a big level.

And however, it has combined said performances with others in which hardly it takes part in the offensive game of the team, what has caused that Valverde do not concede him the ninety minutes of the parties in the last weeks. Which is the solution to improve the incidence of Griezmann in the attack of the Barça? By the moment, follow working hard in the trainings and, from here, leave happen the time. To a footballer of world-wide size like him it is necessary to demand him much more, but in the Barça follow trusting he.

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