Today was plate day at Atlético de Madrid. The president Enrique Cerezo recognized Griezmann for his 400th match as rojiblanco Witsel And Nahuel because they are already a hundred years old. Meanwhile, the team continues to prepare at full speed for tomorrow’s match against PSG in Paris on the fourth day of the Champions League. Simeone He has the already known victims of Llorente, Le Normand, AzpilicuetOh Currencyry on this occasion we must add the Giménez, who will not be available due to a sanction. The coach will give the list tomorrow morning before flying to French soil.
Griezmann, 400 matches…+5
The tribute to the Frenchman actually comes a little late, since yesterday against Las Palmas. He played his 405th match as a red and white player, which earned him a promotion to twelfth place on the podium surpass a legend like Fernando Torres, which remained at 404. If there is no injury, Antoine will reach the top ten places this season, since he is 16 games behind Juan Carlos Arteche. Griezmann has also already passed 500 La Liga games, adding his time at Real Sociedad and Barcelona, and is now at 504, the same as the Catalan. Michael Soler. next Sunday in Mallorca, he will match Xavi, which it will exceed the next day.
Witsel, 100 games…+5
The Belgian central defender received his centenary plaque, which guarantees you a place on the Paseo de las Leyendasbut in reality it already has 105 presences. The international, who will turn 36 in January, is in his third season at Atlético having renewed last year after putting in a good performance. He arrived with the freedom letter from Borussia Dortmund and Simeone retrained him as a central defender, which was a huge success, scoring 33 league games in the first year and 35 in the second. This year, he has already played 11 matches in all competitions and should start this Wednesday in Paris.
Nahuel, 100 games…+2
The Argentine defender, who played his best match in months against Las Palmas, after a very unfortunate streak, has just joined the century-old club. There will also be a plaque on the Paseo de las Leyendas. He arrived alongside Witsel in the summer of 2022, but in his case from Udinese and after paying 20 million euros. He played 33 league games in his first season and 30 the next, although he did not finish most of them as This is normally one of Simeone’s fixed changes. This season he has already added nine League matches, one Cup and three Champions League matches.
