It was to be feared, it is confirmed: Antoine Griezmann must forfeit the gathering of the France team and the two upcoming matches, March 23 against Germany and March 26, against Chile. RMC information that Le Figaro is able to confirm. The FFF has not (yet) communicated on the subject. Earlier in the day, Didier Deschamps had mentioned the name “Grizou” among the few players uncertain or affected by physical problems. The 32-year-old, best passer in the history of the France team (36 assists), has not sufficiently recovered from an ankle injury which has already cost him his participation in three Spanish championship matches and one in the Coupe du Roi between the end of February and the beginning of March. He played 105 minutes during the Champions League qualifier against Inter and came on at half-time on Sunday against Barça (0-3). A priori, the injury required a longer period of downtime…
Antoine Griezmann has played all of the French team’s matches since France-England (3-2) on June 13, 2017, i.e. 84 matches in a row. This is an absolute record in the history of the selection. Record coming to an end. “With Antoine’s qualities in his register, we will not be able to find another player who has these characteristics,” Deschamps commented earlier this Monday, when the player with 127 caps was still uncertain. If he has had the record for continuous matches for I don’t know how long, it’s because he took up a lot of space and was systematically there. Replacement position for position, with him, it’s very difficult to find.” You’ll have to try. Note that the good soldier Griezmann will spend the night at Clairefontaine to participate in activities for the partners of the France team.
