A. Griezmann apologized to Atletico fans

2026-05-18 10:39 © zumapress

Antoine Griezmann played his last home match for Atletico Madrid on Sunday. It had already been announced that the 35-year-old Frenchman would move to the USA after the season, where he will play for the Orlando club.

The forward defended Atletico's honor from 2014 to 2019, and returned in 2021 after a brief period with the Barcelona team. It was precisely because of his stint at Barcelona that A. Griezmann apologized to the fans after his last home match.

"Thank you all for never turning your back. It is incredible.

This is extremely important to me. Most of you have already heard it, but I want to apologize once again for going to Barcelona. At that time, I didn’t understand how much this club meant to me.

I was very young and made a mistake. I finally realized what I had done, so we have tried to fix everything as much as we could,” A. Griezmann addressed the fans.