In Spain, this Thursday the Real Madrid, that if he won, he would stretch the difference at the top of the championship over the Barcelona. However, what is most talked about in relation to football is the controversy caused by the change made by Quique Setién in Tuesday’s game against the Atlético de Madrid: at 89 ‘decided to enter Antoine Griezmann, The most brilliant purchase of the Catalan club for this season and which ended up playing just three minutes from a decisive game in which the draw did not serve the culé team in their title aspirations.
Diego Simeone, after that tie, he just said “speechless” when asked about that modification. However, on Wednesday a video was released about the time of the change in which he Cholo he says something under his breath to his ex, then bites his lip, incredulous by the situation.
This Thursday, in a new round of press, the Argentine DT was asked several times about Griezmann. On two occasions he reiterated the “without words”, but on the third he responded as giving Setien a certain reason: “Three minutes can be decisive. We lost a Champions League final for three minutes”.
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The Argentine coach alluded to that final that his team lost to Real Madrid in the 2013/14 edition of La Orejona. Atleti won 1-0 and in the 93rd minute, Sergio Ramos equalized with a header to take the match to extension.
There, the meringue team won 4-1. And of course, that thorn, added to the defeat with the same rival in the final of the 2015/16 Champions League, is impossible to digest even for someone with Simeone’s competitive spirit.
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Asked whether he considers it a mistake for Griezmann to have left Atlético Madrid to join Barcelona, the coach was blunt: “I don’t want to be disrespectful to anyone. We are risking a lot in what is left. That is not an important point for us.”
