Christophe Dugarry has in contrast Antoine Griezmann to Zinedine Zidane and Michel Platini forward of France’s World Cup semi-final conflict with Morocco.
- Ex-France star stuffed with reward for Griezmann
- He has registered three assists to date
- Seems again to his greatest for Les Bleus
WHAT HAPPENED? Regardless of quite a lot of the headlines being centered on Kylian Mbappe throughout this event for France, Griezmann – identical to Olivier Giroud – has performed a starring function for Les Bleus to date and has been a key purpose behind the staff advancing to the semi-finals. The 31-year-old offered the all-important help to arrange Giroud’s eventual winner in opposition to England in final Saturday’s quarter-final match, and his function as a fluid playmaker has made him a troublesome proposition for opposition defences. Dugarry, who was a part of France’s 1998 World Cup profitable squad, has heaped reward on the ahead, even evaluating him to 2 legends of French soccer – Zidane and Platini.
WHAT THEY SAID: “Griezmann, I discover him merely distinctive because the begin of the competitors,” Dugarry has advised RMC Sport. “I even discover him, at instances, ‘Zidane-esque’. He all the time has the fitting tone, the fitting cross. I sincerely assume that the France staff wouldn’t be the identical with out him. We frequently lack rhythm in our sport; there’s not quite a lot of depth. However, as quickly as Antoine touches the ball, he places rhythm on a cross, on a imaginative and prescient. He has a mixture of Zizou and Platini.”
THE BIGGER PICTURE: The Atletico Madrid attacker has performed a key half in France’s World Cup marketing campaign, registering three assists in 4 begins and creating a complete of 17 probabilities throughout the event, which is just bettered by Argentina’s Lionel Messi (18). Dugarry has argued that this output from Griezmann in Qatar makes him extra suited to a playmaker function, as a substitute of taking part in as a fully-fledged ahead, as he typically does for his membership. “I feel [Atletico boss] Diego Simeone should do it too,” Dugarry added. ”Griezmann should play as a midfielder. As well as, he runs, he gallops, he fills the gaps, he feels the opponents’ play.”
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WHAT NEXT FOR GRIEZMANN? The 31-year-old will virtually definitely be concerned in Wednesday night time’s World Cup semi-final conflict in opposition to Morocco on the Al Bayt Stadium in Al Khor, as Didier Deschamps’s facet look to advance to a second consecutive ultimate.