Raymond Domenech, former coach of the France team, destroyed Antoine Griezmann's performance during the match between PSG and Atlético de Madrid (1-2)… before the Frenchman's decisive pass on the winning goal .
Between two representations for various brands, Raymond Domenech always gives his opinions on football. And he is very often scathing. After recently paying his former goalkeeper Alban Lafont (Nantes), the former coach of the France team (2004-2010) highlighted the performance of Antoine Griezmann (33) during the Champions League match between PSG and Atlético de Madrid (1-2). The uninspired choices of the 2018 world champion justified, according to Domenech, his decision to retire internationally on September 30.
“How can we leave Griezmann who is the ghost of himself?”
“In view of this PSG-Atlético match, we say to ourselves that Griezmann’s international retirement is ultimately not bad news for DD,” wrote the former coach, now a consultant. And his opinion did not change as the meeting progressed. He was surprised by Diego Simeone's choice to keep him on the pitch until the final whistle. “How can we take out Alvarez who is a permanent poison and leave Griezmann who is the ghost of himself?”, he later published.
Simeone's decision to maintain his trust in his playing master ultimately paid off. Because “Grizou” became the decisive passer of a perfect opening towards Angel Correa, author of the Spanish victory goal in the last second of added time. A clearing at the heart of a rather disappointing general score from the French attacking midfielder. The latter must have reassured Domenech by confirming his international retirement.
“Is it completely over? Yes, completely,” he confided to Canal+ at the end of the meeting. “I'm not going to go back. It wasn't an impulse at all, it was carefully considered.” Before that, he had expressed his thanks for all the tributes received after his sudden announcement. “Very proud and very surprised by all the nice messages I received, whether from supporters or people from the football world. It touched me enormously. I am happy to have left this beautiful mark.”
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