With or without Antoine Griezmann?
A question that does not often arise in the French team.
It’s often with.
All the time since… France-England (3-2) on June 13, 2017. Since then, Grizou has played all the matches with the Blues, i.e. 84 matches in a row.
Hit in the ankle, he entered at the start of the second half on Sunday, during Atlético Madrid's defeat against Barça (0-3).
He is nevertheless one of the players still uncertain this Monday, while the Blues arrived at Clairefontaine for the start of the national selection gathering.
“Two or three players have small problems.
Between today (this Monday) and tomorrow morning, we will take action
,” notes Didier Deschamps, at a press conference at the start of the course, in Clairefontaine.
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Griezmann is therefore one of these players.
“Antoine has a problem with his ankle, which reacted, even if he played 45 minutes on Sunday evening
,” indicated the national coach, before taking stock of the others:
“Ousmane (Dembélé) was not there (during PSG's 6-2 victory in Montpellier on Sunday, Editor's note), but it's a problem with the ear, it has treatment and it needs to be continued.
Mike (Maignan) had a little problem at the end of the match with Milan.
Let's see how it evolves.
Then, Adrien (Rabiot), there should be no problem, Ibou (Konaté) either.
There are other small problems, like Lucas (Hernandez), a little feeling but it doesn't seem to pose a problem
.
Note that the latter was replaced at half-time in Montpellier due to a
“muscle problem”.
According to
L'Équipe
, "his participation (during this internship) is very compromised."
Last stop before the Euro
The Blues have two friendly matches on the menu during this gathering, France-Germany on March 23 in Lyon and France-Chile on the 26th in Marseille.
This will be the last gathering before preparation for Euro 2024 in Germany, at the beginning of June, with two friendly matches in Bordeaux and Metz.
Antoine Griezmann, 32, has 127 caps, 44 goals for the French team and 36 assists.
He is the best passer in the history of the Blues.