He had not yet spoken publicly since the surprise announcement of his international retirement on September 30, at only 33 years old. Winner on the lawn of the Parc des Princes against PSG with Atlético de Madrid (1-2), Wednesday November 6, Antoine Griezmann spoke for the first time at the microphone of Canal+in the mixed zone, to talk about his decision to leave the France team after ten years of good and loyal service.
“Happy to have left this beautiful mark”
“I am very proud and very surprised by all the nice messages I have received, whether from supporters or people in the football world. It touched me enormously. I am happy to have left this beautiful mark. It's completely over, I'm not going back. It wasn't an impulse, it was carefully thought out.”explained the French striker with 137 caps.
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A few minutes after a last-second victory against Paris, the former Barcelona player also looked back on his team's great performance. “We wanted to give Bradley as little space as possible (Barcola) and Ousmane (Dembélé). We instead chose a low block, to go out to press on each backward pass from them. We had a little luck, saves from Oblak but we had a very serious match. We found the style of “Cholo” (Diego Simeone, the coaches) and Atlético. I think it will do us good for the future. »
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