Griezmann big task day to prove Barcelona

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When kick-off arrives at the Camp Nou on Saturday evening, the flashbulbs and fan whistles will be focused mainly on Antoine Griezmann, with ill-feeling still running high against the French international following the events of the summer of 2018.

Griezmann has yet to visit the Camp Nou since the broadcast of his ‘La Decision’ documentary, in which he made public just what his decision would be in the face of an offer from Barcelona.

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Those inside the Catalan club had no idea what Griezmann would do and were chagrined to find out that the forward had chosen to stay at Atletico Madrid, although they were more annoyed at the manner of the communication.

Unfortunately for the former Real Sociedad star, his form isn’t brilliant at this time and the match falls at a juncture where he is struggling to influence matches. This is a stark contrast to how he ended the 2017/18 campaign, where his goals dragged Los Colchoneros to success in the Europa League final. All that is left for Atleti to battle for this season is the LaLiga Santander title, and a victory against Barcelona is the only way they can achieve such success.

Whose goal celebration will be going viral on Saturday? ☝🕺

🔁 Messi
@AntoGriezmann#BarçaAtleti pic.twitter.com/9COLpMIk5b— LaLiga (@LaLigaEN) April 6, 2019

This is why Saturday is Griezmann’s day, he has to produce a performance that gets Los Rojiblancos over the line, there can’t be a repeat of his anonymous display in Turin. Unfortunately, Barcelona have proved problematic opposition for the Frenchman with a record of just six goals in 25 matches against the Catalan club hardly an exemplary return.

Griezmann doing his thing… Enough said!! Vamos!! #FIFA19 #XboxShare pic.twitter.com/hB3fq5WSRC— Ricky (@rickyricardo385) April 5, 2019

There is also the small matter of more transfer speculation surrounding Griezmann, especially as his buyout clause drops from 200 million euros to 120 million euros on July 1.

This is an amount that Barcelona wouldn’t begrudge paying to secure such an attacking talent, although it remains to be seen whether the events of 2018 will prevent such a deal from happening.

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Atletico Madrid still see the forward as their leader, their talisman, and they expect him to perform on Saturday, and if Griezmann is to live up to his self-proclaimed legend status then he needs to seize his day and win the match at the Camp Nou for his club.

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