The story of the Golden Generation who helped form Griezmann: ‘He bought a car and had nowhere to park it, he left it at my house’

Antoine Griezmann has been in the spotlight of Chilean fans in recent days . It all goes back to the elimination of Alexis Sánchez’s Inter against Atlético de Madrid in the round of 16 of the Champions League.

In the revenge duel, the Spanish team managed to come back and forced the decision on penalties. Here, the Colchoneros were more precise and obtained the ticket for the quarter-finals, where they will now face Borussia Dortmund .

Of course, at the time of the launches, a particular situation was experienced. The Frenchman shouted to the Argentinian Rodrigo de Paul “EIt’s bullshit! The Chilean is shit! “, just after Tocopillano lost the opportunity to convert thanks to a spectacular save by goalkeeper Jan Oblak.

Although this situation is understood in the context of the importance of the duel to boost the morale of his teammates, the Frenchman left aside the good bond he had at the beginning with a Chilean belonging to the so-called golden generation.

In his first steps in football, Claudio Bravo became one of their guides when they were part of the Royal Society, under the technical direction of Martín Lasarte. .

A few years ago, in a dialogue with The Players Tribune, the national goalkeeper revealed how this relationship developed and even revealed a curious anecdote.

“At Real Sociedad, with Antoine we became very close . When I met him, he was only 16 years old, but you could see that he had great potential, and our mission was to help him demonstrate it,” Bravo began by highlighting this occasion.

“I invited him home to meet my family, and every time I felt like he was messing up, I tried to get him to focus. I was just a kid who wanted to have fun. “he added.

He also recalled that “at one point he bought a car, even though he didn’t know how to drive. I wasn’t old enough. He also didn’t have anywhere to park it, so he left it at my house.

“He was there for months. Sometimes he would come, sit down, put on some music and listen to it. Then he left and went home. That was all », added the goalkeeper.

“Today, it makes me very happy to see what kind of player he has become. We have a great friendship and every time I have to face him, I always tell him the same thing: ‘Today won’t be your day,'” Bravo concluded.

The French striker’s attitude was not well received and sparked a series of criticisms. One of them was from former footballer Jorge Vargas. The former national defender dedicated harsh words to the striker who will face Alexis again in the next friendly match between La Roja and France.

“Griezmann is wrong because he doesn’t know Alexis’ story. TAll the important players missed penalties. In addition, two others absent (Davy Klaassen and Lautaro Martínez). What he says is unfortunate, he failed at Barcelona and Alexis was sold to Arsenal. I could be more careful », Commented the current coach.

“But Cholo (Simeone) has the habit of instilling that in Atlético players. What happened with Griezmann is horrible, they are colleagues,” he continued.Griezmann failed at Barcelona and it was only at Atlético that he played more or less well “he added.

He also gave a few words about the Chilean’s entry in the final minutes of the match. “Sánchez is the only different player that Inter have in this area of ​​the pitch. It’s collected, it’s played… But a team that wants an international title cannot score a goal with three minutes remaining. “.

“Inter had to define it before, they had several disadvantages where they made a mistake in the last stage. That’s why they were eliminated,” Vargas concluded.