The attacker of Atlético de Madrid Antoine Griezmann abandoned concentration of France for friendly matches Germanynext Saturday, and in front of chilli three days later due to problems with his right ankle, the Federation.
injured his ankle and was ruled out for the next matches of the French team, Antoine Griezmann He will see his record streak of consecutive matches with the French national team come to an end, with a total of 84. A unique record in the history of world football, no one has played so many matches with his national team, in a row, without missing a single What.
You never lose a game France since 2017, everyone has been playing for the last seven years. Antoine Griezmann He is the most used player by Didier Deschamps for so many years, he was always there when the French team needed him. Even out of position. The footballer agreed to return to the midfield and continued to be important in tactics after almost seven years that he did not miss a match for his national team, and even two, with his package for the friendly against Germany and chilli on March 23 and 26.
The beginning of their match streak started in August 2017, against Netherlands (4-0) during the qualifiers for world 2018, a game in which he scored a goal and provided an assist. Before that crash, the player did not participate in the friendly France against England (3-2) in Stade de France on June 13, 2017.
In the French country, they are searching the newspaper archives to see how the national team would be without him in the eleven. And on that day without Griezmann, Deschamps’ team was formed Hugo Lloris; Djibril Sidibé, Raphaël Varane, Samuel Umtiti, Benjamin Mendy; Paul Pogba, N’Golo Kanté; Ousmane Dembélé, Thomas Lemar; Olivier Giroud and Kylian Mbappé. They came in from the bench Laurent Koscielny, Christophe Jallet and Lucas Digne.
That is, since the last game of France nothing Griezmann on the field they only actively live in the national team Giroud, Dembele and Mbappe. Terrible. The rest have retired from football, or retired from the French team, or are no longer at a level to be called upon. Thomas Lemar, A’s partnerAntoine Griezmann within Atlético de Madridhas not played in the national team since September 2021.
A STREAK THAT COULD BE LONG
And the incredible thing in this case is that, that game of Englandhe missed it due to a slight right leg injury picked up in the previous match against Sweden. If that didn’t happen, we’d be talking about at least five games off his record (Luxembourg, Spain, Paraguay, Sweden and that of England). Since then, in November 2016 he was dropped from the list due to injury.
A heavy blow for Griezmann, who wants to reach 100 games. However, his dream remains intact: to win the European Cup.
He felt that his ankle had never recovered, Antoine Griezmann Arrived at Clairefontaine knowing that he would not remain there for the call according to L’Equipe . Frustrated, the French world champion hopes to reach the mark of 100 consecutive games played with the French team, according to the sports newspaper. On the other hand, in Griezmann It will be reassuring to know that his record 84 game streak won’t be broken anytime soon.
However, according to L’Equipe , Antoine Griezmann He will listen to his body, knowing full well that he still has some important appointments left until the end of the season. Starting from Champions League with the Atlético de Madridthen the European Cup with the French team from June 14 to July 14. A competition that Griezmann dream of winning after two failed attempts in 2016 and 2021.
Source: La Verdad
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