Asked about the 2018 Ballon d’Or in a YouTube video, Antoine Griezmann replied that he would have deserved to be the winner.
Author of an excellent first part of the season in line with his start to 2023, Antoine Griezmann ranks among the best players of the 2023-2024 financial year and could well lead Atlético Madrid to great things this season, he who has never won La Liga despite 14 seasons in the Spanish championship.
A 3rd place that goes badly
On a personal level, such performances could well lead the 2018 world champion to the top of the 2023 Ballon d’Or rankings. Ranked 21st in the last edition, the native of Macon had received the support of Didier Deschamps, who believes that his number 7 would have deserved to win the 2018 edition rather than Luka Modric. “In 2018, I don’t want to say that Modric didn’t deserve it, but Antoine, with the season he had, having the world title at the end, he could have. Well, that wasn’t the case, but that doesn’t stop him from sleeping well and living it well. It happens. He’s not underrated, but perhaps he lacks recognition for everything he does.” had confided the coach of the Blues.
🎙️| Do you think you deserved the Ballon d’Or in 2018?
Antoine Griezmann: “Yes.” pic.twitter.com/0D0gbufsV6
— Goals Galore (@GoalsGalorecom) November 25, 2023
And if he never really complained about his third place, the French international (127 caps, 44 goals) admitted to agreeing with DD. Interviewed during a video for the YouTube channel Futbol Emotion, Grizou simply replied ” Yes “ smiling when asked if he thought he deserved the 2018 Ballon d’Or.
