This Monday (18), Antoine Griezmann was ruled out of France’s friendlies and will end his record run.
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Griezmann suffered a sprained ankle. This will be his first absence from the French national team since November 2016, and will end a record run of 84 consecutive games for Les Bleus.
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Griezmann has played for France in every match since a friendly against England in June 2017, when the forward was not used. Manager Didier Deschamps described the forward as “not irreplaceable but essential” for the France set-up.
“Antoine has a problem with his ankle, which reacted even though he played 45 minutes last night”, said Deschamps after Atlético Madrid’s game on Sunday (17). “With Antoine’s qualities we’re not going to find a player who has his characteristics”, added the manager.