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Griezmann soaking up last Atletico moments before 'joy' of Copa final

Griezmann, Atletico’s all-time leading scorer, says he is focused on winning silverware before leaving for Orlando City at season’s end.

  • On Saturday, Atletico Madrid star Antoine Griezmann faces his former club, Real Sociedad, in the Copa del Rey final. The 35-year-old described the week as emotional while soaking up his final moments with the team.
  • Griezmann, who leads Atletico in this Copa campaign with five goals, rose through the Real Sociedad academy before signing with Atletico in 2014. He departs for MLS side Orlando City at season's end.
  • Coach Diego Simeone noted his squad recovered mentally after eliminating Barcelona on Tuesday to reach the Champions League semifinals. Simeone aims to lift the team's first trophy in five years.
  • Real Sociedad seeks an upset under American coach Pellegrino Matarazzo, who joined in December and helped improve the Basque side. The team last won the trophy in 2021, ending a 34-year wait.
  • Atletico takes on Arsenal in the Champions League semifinals, aiming for the European showpiece in Budapest. Griezmann intends to conclude his tenure with silverware—ideally both the Copa del Rey and Champions League.
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On Thursday, during the last training of the Atlético de Madrid in Cerro del Espino, Antoine Griezmann marked with Koke the pace of the trot of a group composed by the great majority of the players who will play the final of the Copa del Rey. Minutes before, during the rondo, he showed the same air of enjoyment with which he tries to impregnate his last games as reddish-white and in Spanish football. The verb to enjoy has acquired a predominant …

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Alberto Górriz, Bixio, (Irun, 1958) did not need to leave San Sebastián to have a career full of successes. In the 599 games he played with the Real, he got two leagues, a super Cup and also the first Copa del Rey of his club. It has been almost 40 years.What does he remember of that final? It was a very showy ending. He had his rides, his comings, his brilliant moments. It was pretty good, but the truth is that we suffered a lot. It was very ho…

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Antoine Griezmann will be moved on Saturday night, at the time of treading the lawn of the Estadio de La Cartuja in Seville, where the final of the King's Cup will oppose the Atlético Madrid to his former club of the Real Sociedad. A match that may be his last chance to win a title with the Colchoneros. .twitter-tweet{margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;} "I don't wonder if it will be the last or not, I only think it's a very important match," he…

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