Team performance is what's most important, they say. But sometimes things just go against you.
Antoine Griezmann is reportedly unhappy with the team's attitude. In Tuesday's game against Real Valladolid, there were at least two curious moments when the Frenchman was ignored by his teammates, particularly by Nelson Semedo, Luis Suarez and Lionel Messi.
Let's take a good look at these episodes.
Episode 1
1. Semedo gets the ball from Rakitic
2. Semedo dummies up the defender, moves to the right
3. Griezmann's open, waiting for the ball but Semedo passes it to Suarez who doesn't really expect to receive it
4. Suarez takes the ball but makes a one-touch pass back to Rakitic but not to Griezmann who's still uncovered
5. Antoine's reaction says it all...
Episode 2
1. Suarez runs wide with the ball, Barca almost on the 2-in-1 counter
2. What a perfect moment to pass to Griezmann...
3. Suarez runs further instead, stops the ball (to pass to Griezmann maybe? He's not offside!)
4. Nope! Suarez still keeps the ball and sees Messi who's ready to receive it now
5. He passes to Messi indeed...
6. Messi gets the pass and may imminently give it to Griezmann to finish it all...
7. Messi takes a pause, finds the right timing to shoot and fires wide while Griezmann still hopes for a ball to come to his feet...
As reported by Marcelo Bechler, upset Griezmann didn't join the rest of the team and immediately walked to the locker room after the final whistle.
Antoine Griezmann entered the pitch in the second half, replacing Ansu Fati. Since his emergence, the Frenchman has made just 17 ball touches in 30 minutes, his lowest record of the season.
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