The French forward, the club's all-time leading scorer, extended the lead at the end of the first half (45+1, 3-0) from a pass by his Argentine teammate Julian Alvarez and celebrated with a smile, sporting a jersey flocked with 'Grizi 200'.

"I am very proud to have reached 200 goals. It took a lot of effort, but together with the help of my wife and my children at home, we made it. We will cherish these memories, and we will have plenty of time to look back on them," reacted the 2018 World Cup winner, who is probably playing his last season in Madrid, to 'Movistar'.

"The team is in good form, we are pressing quite well, being aggressive and putting a lot of pace into the game. That's our strength, our football, and we're going to continue like this. Now we want to score goals and not concede any," he added.

The 34-year-old striker thought he had scored a brace in the second half after a spectacular team move, but his potential 201st goal was disallowed for a handball (68th minute), under the eyes of his coach Diego Simeone, in the stands after being suspended for his provocations towards Liverpool fans on matchday one.

Italian international Giacomo Raspadori, signed this summer from Napoli, took advantage of the German defense's passivity to open the scoring in the 4th minute (1-0), and Franco-Spanish defender Robin Le Normand, opportunistic in the box, made it 2-0 (33rd minute).

Largely outplayed, Eintracht Frankfurt salvaged some pride thanks to their No.9 Jonathan Burkardt (57th minute, 3-1), but the 'Colchoneros', who continued to push to extend the lead, scored two more goals through Giuliano Simeone's header (70th minute, 5-1) and his compatriot Julian Alvarez, who scored a Panenka penalty that the goalkeeper almost stopped, but his hand wasn't firm enough (82nd minute, 5-1).

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