In the early morning of September 20, Beijing time, in the first round of the Champions League stage, Atletico Madrid defeated Leipzig 2-1 at home, making a good start, witnessed by 70,000 fans at Wanda Metropolitano Stadium. In this game, Atletico were able to achieve a comeback, and the main contributor was undoubtedly Antoine Griezmann, who contributed the pass, who single-handedly led the team to victory and turned the game into a solo show.
Both teams are strong teams in their respective leagues, with only one previous Champions League meeting coming in the 2019-20 quarter-finals, when Atletico were eliminated after a 2-1 defeat to RB Leipzig.
Atletico Madrid hosted Leipzig this time and conceded a goal in just four minutes, but Sheshko scored with a header to give Leipzig a 1-0 lead. Faced with a goal down, Atletico took advantage of home advantage to fight back and did not equalise until the 28th minute.
Llorente provided the assist with a cross and Antoine Griezmann followed up with a volley that bounced into the net.
In the 53rd minute of the second half, Griezmann's shot from the top of the penalty area went directly high above the goal. In the 81st minute, Griezmann shot into the side-netting from a tight angle.
In the 90th minute, Atletico Madrid's pass was cleared, Griezmann won the ball and suddenly passed the ball to the back post, Gimenez jumped high to head the ball into the goal, helping Atletico Madrid complete the 2-1 stunner, the whole team celebrated wildly, as excited as if winning the championship.
After the victory, Atletico Madrid won six consecutive home games in the Champions League for the first time in their history, and Griezmann was undoubtedly the biggest contributor.
Statistics show that Griezmann completed 5 shots on goal and 1 on target, contributed 1 goal and 1 assist, lost the ball 20 times, sent 3 key passes, 81.6% pass success rate, 3 long passes were all successful, 5 ground duels were 4 successful, and the famous football rating website Sofascore scored 9.0 points after the game, the highest in the game. In addition, Antoine Griezmann was officially named Man of the Match.
As the Champions League scorer in Atletico Madrid's history, Griezmann has scored 33 goals for the team, and his career Champions League statistics have been rewritten to 38 goals and 13 assists, and the number of goals involved has exceeded 50, which is also a milestone moment.
It can be said that Atletico Madrid is the most suitable team for Griezmann, who had a short experience of playing for Barcelona and Real Sociedad before, and was generally unsatisfactory.