Just eliminated from the Champions League with Atlético Madrid, Antoine Griezmann will have two weeks to digest this huge disappointment. The French striker (33), who retired last September, is logically not part of the list of 24 Blues summoned by Didier Deschamps to face Croatia, on March 20 and 23, as part of the quarter -finals of the League of Nations.
And the situation of “grizi” is not about to change. “We resting him the question when he played against PSG (during the C1 league phase, editor's note) and he reaffirmed his position. If you have other elements, not me ”says the tricolor coach about a possible return to the selection of the one he himself described as
“Chouchou”. And the Colchonero will not be present at the Stade de France either for the party provided by the FFF.
“It's Part Discard” for Griezmann
On the sidelines of the reception of the Croats, for the return match, the French Football Federation will organize a tribute to Olivier Giroud so that the supporters can greet the top scorer in the history of the Blues, who hung up in selection after Euro 2024. And it will therefore be without Antoine Griezmann, who expressed his unavailability to the president of the FFF, Philippe Diallo. Would there be discomfort between the “3F” and the native of Mâcon?
“It is awarded, replies the boss of the body. When the time comes, he will also have the tribute he deserves. It is a very natural tribute that French football owes him. »» “” It must have been both, but Antoine has a schedule that does not allow him to be there, it will be done later, confirms Didier Deschamps. It lets everyone free to interpret. »» A small sentence that sows disorder on relations between “grizi” and selection.
On September 30, Antoine Griezmann took everyone by announcing his international retirement. Since then, rumors are going well on his supposed discomfort in the French team. The fact that he did not evolve at his favorite post, behind the attacker, and that the captain's armband was given to Kylian Mbappé rather than him, would have created tensions. Corridor noises that he never commented on publicly.
