Emblematic player of the France team for ten years, Antoine Griezmann has decided to retire internationally according to the official announcement made this Monday, to everyone’s surprise. At 33 years old, and at the end of a difficult Euro on a personal level, the Atlético de Madrid striker became aware of his tricolor decline that had begun. Much of the fault lies with coach Didier Deschamps.
“ He left his mark on the history of the Blues, that’s undeniable. His exit is not good because of Deschamps who mistreated him even though he is the only player who stinks of footballsays Jérôme Rothen this Monday evening on RMC. Until 2018, Griezmann was the most important player in the France team. When there was Mbappé’s explosion, we felt a downgrade on the part of Deschamps. »
“We disrespected him”
The whole problem seems to be there in fact, Antoine Griezmann having continued to lose his impact on the Blues after March 2023 and the attribution at his expense of the captain’s armband to Kylian Mbappé. “ Griezmann took a huge carrotjudge Emmanuel Petit, on the radio aroused. For two years, he has been forced to shut up, to hunker down. We put him on the bench, we disrespected him even though he always wore the colors of the France team loud and clear. »
Same feeling and same indignation among Christophe Dugarry, also a former French international, and worried about the rest of the Deschamps era. “ I’m disgusted. A player like him deserves something other than ending his career with a tweet. It’s not possible that his story with the French team ends like that. The evil is deep. »
