Antoine Griezmann of Atletico Madrid was caught on camera doing a random act of kindness. The Frenchman gave it his all in trying to untie Oscar Mingueza’s shoes that slipped out because of an unintentional mistake by Griezmann. The French striker even used his teeth to untie the shoes and help Mingueza.
Midway through the first half of the Atletico Madrid vs Celta de Vigo encounter, Griezmann tried to contest a ball on the left side with Mingueza. However, the French attacker unintentionally seemed to have stepped on the heel of his former team-mate.
Antoine Griezmann accidentally steps on Mingueza and takes his boot. He then unties his shoelaces from how interested he was. 😭😭😭
— Atletico Universe (@atletiuniverse) February 12, 2023
On impact, the former Barcelona defender lost one of his boots. Mingueza felt a lot of pain and so he did not bother about his shoe and was left lying on the ground. Mingueza was quickly attended to by Celta’s medical team.
At this point, the French attacker stood by his former teammate’s side to apologize. He took the opportunity to untie the full-back’s shoe so that he could put it on once he was back up. The striking part was that Griezmann even used his teeth to untie the shoelaces.
Memphis Depay scored a late winner for Atletico with Antoine Griezmann coming off early
Atletico was close to scoring in the first half with striker Alvaro Morata. The Spaniard saw his close-range header miss the top corner. Meanwhile, at the other end, another header went wide, this time it was Gabri Veiga from a corner kick.
In the second half, Iago Aspas nearly opened the scoring. His shot was a result of a good counter-attack by Celta. Jan Oblak almost let the ball roll in from under him before he recovered well to claw the ball back. It almost crept in, however, the scores remained 0-0.
Griezmann was the hub for Atletico’s attacking buildup. However, as he was gaining more influence in the second half, he was subbed off in the 66th minute.
Atletico’s Stefan Savic received a red card as they were reduced to 10 men in the 70th minute. Last man Savic wrestled Celta forward Haris Seferovic down after he was through on goal. In a bizarre stat, this was Savic’s third red card in his last five appearances for the Madrid club.
✊ Three points on the board pic.twitter.com/Agp7GsVjlP
— Atlético de Madrid (@atletienglish) February 12, 2023
With a draw looming large after both teams were not able to break the deadlock, it was Memphis Depay who was in the right place at the right time. A blocked shot fell at his feet before he turned and fired it home in the 89th minute.
Fourth-placed Atletico now has 38 points and is within a point of Real Sociedad. The club from Basque will play Espanyol next. Celta, on the other hand, is 13th with 23 points.