If the French team’s locker room has understood this for a long time, Didier Deschamps admitted on Sunday that Antoine Griezmann was his favorite with the Blues.
If the French team has been functioning well for so many years, it is in particular thanks to the work of Didier Deschamps, national coach since 2012, but it is also and necessarily thanks to the players who make up the France group. And among all those that “DD” has had under his responsibility for more than a decade, Antoine Griezmann holds a very special place. The Macon native was selected for the first time in Blue in March 2014 and has never left the selection since. If his talent and his consistency at a high level are the primary reasons for his longevity in the French team, his special bond with his coach should not be neglected either.
For quite some time now, players who attended the selection during the Deschamps era have felt and understood that something special was happening between the two men. And this Sunday on the show Téléfoot, Didier Deschamps finally agreed to reveal an open secret about Antoine Griezmann. Reacting to images of several internationals citing the Atlético de Madrid player as their favorite, the 2018 world champion on the French bench responded with a smile. “ It suits them well. I only have favorites. » To finally conclude seriously: “ It’s my favorite. In case he didn’t know. You are still a bit of my favorite, Antoine.“
Back to his best
Things are now said and the beautiful story of Antoine Griezmann with the French team and its coach seems for the moment far from ending, especially as the Frenchman remains a flamboyant personal season with Atlético. Only ranked twenty-first in the latest Ballon d’Or rankings, the player nonetheless remains one of the determining and most important French players, whether at club or national level. Didier Deschamps’ “darling” still has a bright future ahead of him.
