“The Chilean is shit!”: Griezmann’s mockery against Alexis Sánchez in the Champions League penalties leaks

One definition of a heart attack was one experienced by Atletico Madrid to delete the Inter in Milanfor the round of 16 of Champions Leaguewhere he had a Antonio Griezmann exceptional both on and off the pitch. The fact is that in addition to scoring the provisional equalizer, the French striker was in the eye of the storm when he watched from the reserves bench and from the chicane at the penalty shootout against Alexis Sanchez.

After being one of the protagonists of the European night by scoring 1-1, creating clear scoring situations and leading the team Diego Cholo Simeon To overturn the result and equalize the series (2-2 after being 1-0 down in the first leg), Griezmann had to leave the field during extra time due to physical conditions. In the last week he forced himself to recover from his ankle injury in order to be present for at least 90 minutes.

After his performance in the match, the French player would have a new contribution during the penalties. After both teams have scored their first shot, Alexis Sánchez would miss his goal when it was saved by goalkeeper Jan Oblak. And it was at that moment that the cameras were trained on Griezmann to capture his effusive reaction at the right moment.

“Shit, Chilean is shit, shit!“, was the phrase that the Frenchman shouted at his friend and teammate Rodrigo DePaul, also in the bank. And this image ended up becoming one of the obligatory post-match comments.

Alexis’ shot was the first of three missed shots by Inter Lautaro Martinez the last one is the one that would give the ranking to Atlético de Madrid. And just when the excitement of reaching the quarterfinals had died down, The mockery against Alexis Sánchez began to go viral especially through social networksleaving Griezmann in the eye of the storm and questioned for his actions.

According to the Spanish press The Frenchman decided to contact Sánchez to apologize for the celebration and explain that it was not a personal matter between the two. The former River, far from seeking conflict, ended up accepting the call and understood that it was simply a logical moment in a football match.

Now Simeone’s team is waiting to discover their opponent in the quarter-finals. The draw for the next phase will take place on Friday and the teams that will be present, in addition to Atlético, are: Manchester City, Bayern Munich, Barcelona, ​​​​Real Madrid, Borussia Dortmund, Arsenal and Paris Saint Germain.