Antoine Griezmann’s international retirement questions Bixente Lizarazu. The 1998 world champion would like to see the Atlético de Madrid striker give up.
The France-Belgium on September 9 (2-0) is therefore Antoine Griezmann’s last match in Blue. The 33-year-old striker announced the end of his international career on September 30, 10 days before the French team’s next match, against Israel in the Nations League. Bixente Lizarazu would like to believe the opposite. Consultant on TF1the former left back and 1998 world champion confided his incomprehension.
« I hope he changes his mind and ends differently. It’s an ending that doesn’t live up to the player he was for the Bluesbelieves Lizarazu, Sunday on the Téléfoot show.
He can’t end like that, with a little message. I wish it were different. »
“He still has some under the hood”
Bixente Lizarazu thinks the timing of the announcement, at the start of the season, is not appropriate. He also doesn’t really understand why Antoine Griezmann, whom he considers still young, does not set the 2026 World Cup in the United States as his ultimate challenge: “ From a physiological point of view, 33 is not old. I think he still has some under the hood. »
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