A midfielder, a 10 and a striker generally told in such - Atletico keep under one thumb Simeone lauds Griezmann at the heels of Leicester display

Antoine Griezmann resembles a midfelder, number 10 a striker all moved into one, as per Atletico Madrid head mentor Diego Simeone.

Diego Simeone hailed Antoine Griezmann as the entire player after the France star fixed a 1-0 win for Atletico Madrid over Leicester City in the Champions Alliance.

Simeone's men will take a slim favorable position to the Ruler Control Stadium for the second leg of the quarter-last tie one week from now after Griezmann won and changed over a disputable punishment for his 24th objective of the season before the half hour.

In any case, it was the forward's overall commitment that got the attention before the break and constrained a Leicester side who neglected to enlist a shot on focus all through the hour and a half significantly advance on to the cautious amid the second time frame.

"Griezmann is a marvelous player," Simeone told a post-coordinate news gathering.

"He is exceptionally entire. You don't realize what position he plays in. He works in midfield, helps like a number 10 and completions line a number nine.

"He is a player that knows this season finale is an imperative minute for him and he is accepting accountability with the status he has."

Simeone adulated his group's execution additionally felt Leicester were most likely fulfilled to take a tight shortfall back home, where they conquered a first-leg annihilation to dump out Sevilla in the past round.

"It was a hard-battled coordinate. It's a decent win for us however the second leg will be troublesome," the Atletico manager included

"It's all still to play for. We live from diversion to amusement. To begin with we need to face well the match on Saturday [at home to Osasuna in LaLiga] and afterward tie is at 50-50. I don't think anybody we work with feels we are now in the semi-finals.

"We expect an incredible night of football at Leicester - the English climate, the fans on top of the pitch. It was an immaculate football night."

Atletico developed their momentous Champions Class clean sheet record at home to 16 shutouts in 18 matches, with goalkeeper Jan Oblak a virtual observer, and midfielder Koke was satisfied with the outcome.

"We must be glad, we would all have marked for 1-0," he stated, as cited by Mundo Deportivo.

"We knew it would have been an exceptionally confounded diversion, they were not going to down.

"There we expect an alternate diversion since they need to assault us. They are the Head Association champions, an extremely muddled group. Will give everything there to experience."

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