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The announcement of Antoine Griezmann’s international retirement continues to cause reactions. After Didier Deschamps, Raphaël Varane and the captain of the Blues, Kylian Mbappé, it is the turn of Benjamin Pavard to break the silence. Teammate of Grizou with the Blues between 2017 and 2024, the Inter defender paid a vibrant tribute to the Madrilenian.
“Lots of respect for what he did in the France team. I think we can safely say that he is one of the greatest players in the history of the team. We have lost Hugo (Lloris), Olivier (Giroud), Raphaël (Varane) in recent months, and now Antoine. Only monsters from the selection, so it’s definitely something to see these players leave. It’s a big new page that is turning in selection. (…) A complete leader. He could speak up when he felt it was necessary, that the team needed it. And then, above all, there was the example he set on the field. A player in the French team who always made the effort, who always placed the team above everything and who made us want to do a little more on the pitch even when we were tired“, he declared to The Team.
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