Historic Griezmann, the record that impressed the whole of France

Antoine Griezmann This is the living history of the French team. ‘Grizou‘is on the verge of setting a record that will be very hard to beat. The second series of matches was played with the team’s shirt France That’s back to 44 games in a row Patrick Vieira He played between 1999 and 2002.

But in the case of the player of Atlético de Madridin the view of GermanyThis coming Wednesday, September 12, the Colchonero footballer will play 80 consecutive games for his country. “It’s a huge pride,” the attacker recently commented. “When I approached the figures of Patrick Vieira, that’s kind of the goal. We saw that my health respected me and I continued, that the coach’s confidence and the level of my matches also continued… I will try to continue this record as long as possible,” he said before the match against Ireland, a few days ago.

“And help the team and colleagues in every possible way,” the manager did not forget to say. Macon because that is its great virtue Griezmann at this time, both for choice and for Diego Simeonehis coach at Atlético de Madrid. Their collective feeling and their defensive departure.

Griezmann started this streak on August 31, 2017 with a 4-0 streak Netherlands and opened the scoring. Since he entered the senior French team, there has been no debate. In 122 games out of 126 possible in the team France since his first selection, on March 5, 2014 against Netherlands (2-0).

Leader, attacker or even in a new midfielder role as in world, Griezmann is always in the plan Deschamps. “Antoine is a versatile and often offensive midfielder,” the coach answered a question about having Griezmann in the “attackers” column of your list. “He can do everything, I didn’t put him in the defenders… At his club he mainly plays as a second striker, even if he drops a little.”

In Qatar“it’s quite complicated to see myself in this position, to quickly make the change between my position to Athletic and here (with France), it could have lasted one or two games, now I have in mind but it was more,” explained the hero of the World Cup event. “Later, whether in the middle of the field or in front, I will give everything. , I know what I have to do”, he added.

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He also knows what to do against Germanythe team he often faces ‘Blues‘, seven times, tied to Hollandwhich they must also face for the eighth time in October, in the general qualification for Euro 2024.

The 2018 world champion even overcame the captaincy issue Kylian Mbappe, when he claimed it because of seniority. Griezmann He even had in mind to continue making history, he wanted to be a part of Paris Olympics: “I said it openly, I said it in the locker room of Athletic, I say here: this is a dream for me. “Three are lucky, the rest will watch in front of the TV.”