France is in shock. Antoine Griezmann announced, this Monday, September 30, that he is leaving the French national team, with which he debuted in 2014. A decade later, the Atlético de Madrid forward announced this Monday on social networks that he was ending his international career. “With a heart full of memories I close this chapter of my life. Thank you for this magnificent French adventure and see you soon,” wrote the 33-year-old player on the social network ‘X’.
A message accompanied by a video, where he explains that it is “time to turn the page and make way for the new generation.” The midfielder of Atlético de Madridwith which he has had a hopeful start to the season, puts an end to 10 years of adventures with the French team.
In total, that of Macon He leaves his national team after 137 international matches – 84 of them consecutive (76 as a starter), a world record – in which he scored 44 goals with the ‘bleu’ shirt. You will also have won a World (in 2018, without forgetting the lost final in 2022) and a League of Nations (2021) under the orders of Didier Deschamps (2018), missing from his record only the Euro Cup (final in 2016).
Versatile and used in different positions by the French coach, he had a Euro Cup complicated last summer and had even lost his starting job. If the break between Didier Deschamps and the player Atlético de Madrid was visible during the aforementioned, no one thought that the adventure would end so soon.
Third player with the most international caps in the history of the Bleus (137, tied with Olivier Giroud), world champion in 2018, “Grizou” In September he published a video about his international routine on the team Didier Deschamps.
“Today, with deep emotion, I announce my retirement as a player from the national team. France. After ten incredible years marked by challenges, successes and unforgettable moments. It is time to turn the page and make way for the new generation,” he explains. Griezmann in this video.
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