Atletico Madrid's star Antoine Griezmann on Sunday, March 16 saw his name being written in history books as the former were taking on Barcelona in the La Liga clash. The French superstar, Griezmann has now equalled Lionel Messi's record in La Liga.
Antoine Griezmann equals Lionel Messi’s all-time La Liga record
While featuring against Barcelona on Sunday, Antoine Griezmann was being started in the playing XI against the Catalans. He was joining hands with Julian Alvarez in the star-studded frontline for Diego Simeone's team against a high-flying Hansi Flick's side.
And as a result, Antoine Griezmann marked his 520th La Liga appearance while playing for Barcelona, Atletico Madrid and Real Sociedad. This is same number of appearances that the former Barcelona legend Lionel Messi had during his time in Spain.
Griezmann has now joined his former teammate as the foreign player with the most number of appearances in the history of La Liga. Griezmann has already won the Europa League, Spanish Super Cup and UEFA Champions League with Atletico Madrid.
At 33-yeard-old, Antoine Griezmann is showing no signs of slowing down as he has bagged 16 goals and seven assists to his name in the ongoing 2024-25 season. He is well on course to match his tally from the previous season.
The match ended in a 4-2 win for Barcelona as they scored four goals in the last 20 odd minutes. Atletico Madrid were leading up until the 71st minute, but in the next minute, Robert Lewandowski opened the scoring for Barcelona. Six minutes later, Ferran Torres equalised for Barca. Their young sensation, Lamine Yamal also made the most of his opportunity as he bagged a goal in the 90+2 minutes. In the 90+8 minutes, Ferran Torres scored the winning goal.
On the other hand, Julian Alvarez scored for opener for Atletico Madrid and Alexander Sorloth made it 2-0 in the 70th minute.
The FIFA World Cup winner, Antoine Griezmann has been linked with a move away from Spain at the end of the season. His current contract runs until the summer of 2026 but there are ongoing rumors that he might end up at MLS as Lionel Messi's Inter Miami is the club which is interested in his services.