Griezmann, in a long-awaited moment: «I ask your forgiveness again» | OneFootball

The most eagerly awaited moment of the night, after the win over Girona, came shortly after nine o’clock. Almost an hour after the final whistle, Griezmann spoke, and the first thing he did was thank everyone who had stayed until the end, the whole Metropolitano: «First of all, thank you all for staying. This is incredible… (he gets emotional)«.

At the start of his speech came a moment that a large part of the fans had been waiting for: Griezmann’s apology for his decisions: «Second, and this is very important to me. I know many of you have, and some still haven’t. So I ask for your forgiveness once again«. This all came after he signed for Barcelona in the middle of the 2018/19 season after filming a documentary.

A Griezmann who apologized and explained what he considers a mistake: «I didn’t realize how much love I had here, I was very young. I made a mistake, I thought it over again, and we all did everything possible to come back here and enjoy it again«. The opening of his speech was applauded by many Atlético fans, who needed that apology from the Frenchman.

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