France simply capitalised on two individual errors and made them count.
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“Scoring goals is nice but I’m nowhere near Platini”, Griezmann said after playing a decisive role in France’s first victory over Germany at a major tournament in 58 years.
Cristiano Ronaldo doesn’t need to win Euro 2016 to prove his greatness, according to Gary Lineker. Are they destined again to finish up as the nearly men of European football at the Stade de France on Sunday? “Now you have to hope that he’s not going to score”, the Arsenal great said.
“Ronaldo can be almost anonymous in the game, but he still knows that he’s going to have one or two chances to score the goal”.
“Sometimes the culture of the support is different”.
On Sunday Griezmann faces an unforgettable moment at the Stade de France. The last game of which was the Champions League final. Just 16 years ago he was a nine-year-old who yelled, jumped and cheered at his family home when David Trezeguet scored his golden goal during the Euro 2000 football championship final. France went on to defeat the Azzurri on penalties.
The Atletico Madrid player started all but one France’s seven matches in the tournament, and his Golden Boot-winning haul of strikes included braces against Republic of Ireland and Germany in the knockout phase.
Les Bleus have extra motivation to emerge victorious in the decider too.
He was all smiles on Thursday, however, when coach Didier Deschamps substituted him in the closing stages so he could leave the Marseille pitch to a standing ovation from the wild fans packing the Velodrome stadium on a hot and humid night. “We experience the passion when we talk to the people”.
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“To see a player of this talent – not all the nations have players of this talent – I am very happy to have such a player with us”.
