“I missed Griezmann getting one or two off the chest”

France He suffered his team’s last defeat, against Denmark in League of Nations, as a kind of national insult. They were left out of the title fight with a rather lackluster group ranking.

And the culmination of all this was the 2-0 defeat against the Scandinavian team, in the last games played. An encounter that left a ‘wound’ so to speak. A clash that should have been special for Antoine Griezmann footballer of Atletico Madrid, p.as he served as captain for the first time in an official match.

And wearing the bracelet ‘Les Blues‘, some charged against him for a certain lack of character in his manner of understanding.

Ludovic Obraniakcolumnist for L’Equipe du SoirHe was one of the complainants. “I fall into a certain form of disaster. They step on us and we put our heads down. No one is haranguing. I wish that Griezmann grab a chest or two, shake or send. There was a lack of character. You have to make them at least respect you”, he lamented.

journalist and columnist Walid Acherchour The player was also sad Atletico Madrid, from his new position behind the forwards, did not have the influence on the game that he should have. “Griezmann can do more. Thanks to the two-thirds good tempo in each game, but it is not enough for modern football. He’s not a creator in that trio of forwards and he doesn’t replace the two in the middle and he hides when we clash against each other in the first half,” he said.

“The influence of a Eriksen in your team’s game is what we want to have (of Griezmann) in the French team Didier Deschamps. And we should expect better from our number 10. This lifelong immunity totem that forces us to play this system… and it will break our heads,” he added.

GRIEZMANN WITHOUT A GOAL

The lack of purpose also weighs on the criticisms received in his country. Having colleagues like Mbappe, Benzema, Giroud, etc. he had to delay his position. In the view of Denmark, Griezmann went blank in choosing the France, without the possibility of marking differences. For some games, Griezmann He is no longer contributing in this sense and his stats are starting to show a little.

In fact, nine games ago the selection of France already Antoine Griezmann the network was not found. Nine games without scoring. His last goal with the national team France dates from November 13, 2021, before Kazakhstan, from punishment. His last game goal came on September 7, 2021 against Finland. So almost a year has passed since the forward of Atletico Madrid he cannot find the network and therefore each of his performances is viewed with a magnifying glass.