{"id":19167,"date":"2024-01-11T04:45:42","date_gmt":"2024-01-11T01:45:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/19167\/antoine-griezmann-breaks-atletico-madrid\/"},"modified":"2024-01-11T04:45:43","modified_gmt":"2024-01-11T01:45:43","slug":"antoine-griezmann-breaks-atletico-madrid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/?p=19167","title":{"rendered":"Antoine Griezmann breaks Atletico Madrid goalscoring record"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Antoine Griezmann breaks Atletico Madrid goalscoring record\u060c<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<ul class=\"authors\">\n<li>\n<p>Alex Kirkland<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Rodrigo Faez<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"timestamp \">January 10, 2024, 7:56 p.m.<\/span><\/div>\n<p>Antoine Griezmann became Atletico Madrid&#39;s all-time top scorer on Wednesday, brilliantly netting his side&#39;s second goal against Real Madrid, surpassing club legend Luis Aragones.<\/p>\n<p>Atletico and Real were playing in the semi-finals of the Spanish Super Cup at Al Awal Park in Saudi Arabia at King Saud University in Riyadh and Griezmann scored his 174th goal for <em>The Rojiblancos<\/em> to bring his team level with their derby rivals before the break.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s something incredible for me,\u201d Griezmann said after the match.  &#8220;I&#39;m proud, there were a lot of emotions at halftime. But I&#39;m going to continue to work and improve.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Carlo Ancelotti&#39;s side won a thrilling match 5-3 in extra time to set up a weekend final against the winner of Thursday&#39;s game between Barcelona and Osasuna.<\/p>\n<p>The France international had equalized Aragones \u2013 who spent a decade at Atletico as a player between 1964 and 1974 and set a record that stood for almost 50 years \u2013 by scoring twice in the 3-3 draw. Atletico against Getafe in December, matching his 173 goals for the club.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8211; Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, more (US)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Griezmann&#39;s goals came in two spells at Atletico &#8211; the first between 2014 and 2019 and the second in 2021, after a two-year stay at Barcelona.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Time will tell if I&#39;m a legend, if I stay in people&#39;s minds for years, like Luis Aragones did,&#8221; Griezmann told ESPN in December.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Let&#39;s hope so, because he&#39;s someone very important in the history of the club. I hope I can reach that level.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The striker has made 368 appearances for Atletico in all competitions, two fewer than Aragones&#39; 370 appearances.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"inline inline-photo full\">\n<figure><picture><source data- media=\"(min-width: 376px)\"><source data- media=\"(max-width: 375px)\"><img class=\" lazyload lazyload\" data-image-container=\".inline-photo\" height=\"320\" width=\"570\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/picture><figcaption class=\"photoCaption\">Antoine Griezmann broke Luis Aragones&#39; goalscoring record which had stood for almost 50 years. <cite>Getty Images<\/cite><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p>&#8220;[Griezmann] \u201cHe is an extraordinary footballer and an ideal person for a team like Atletico Madrid,\u201d coach Diego Simeone said ahead of La Liga&#39;s Christmas break.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLuis [Aragones] was with him when he took that penalty [against Getafe], accompanying one of the best players in the history of Atletico Madrid, Griezmann.  These are incredible numbers, he deserves it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Griezmann signed for Atletico from Real Sociedad in July 2014 and has become a key player and one of La Liga&#39;s most reliable scorers.<\/p>\n<p>He made a controversial \u20ac120 million ($131.5 million) move to Barcelona in the summer of 2019, before returning to Atletico two years later in an initial loan deal, made permanent last season.<\/p>\n<p>Griezmann won the Europa League with Atletico in 2018 &#8211; the same year he won the World Cup with France &#8211; but has never won La Liga and was a Champions League runner-up in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>The striker has been in the best form of his career this season, scoring 11 goals in 19 league matches and five goals in six Champions League matches.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Antoine Griezmann breaks Atletico Madrid goalscoring record\u060c Alex Kirkland Rodrigo Faez January 10, 2024, 7:56 p.m. Antoine Griezmann became Atletico Madrid&#39;s all-time top scorer on Wednesday, brilliantly netting his side&#39;s second goal against Real Madrid, surpassing club legend Luis Aragones. 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