Antoine Griezmann hit again at media criticism after France progressed to the quarter-finals of Euro 2024 with a 1-0 victory over Belgium.
Jan Vertonghen’s Eighty fifth-minute personal aim was sufficient to ship Les Bleus into the final eight after one other flat efficiency.
It was the second time that an personal aim had given them a win on the event, after their opening victory over Austria.
Kylian Mbappe is the one Frenchman to attain on the event, netting for the primary time on the European Championships from the penalty spot towards Poland, which means France’s await an open-play aim continues.
Nonetheless, Griezmann was not comfortable when it was steered that the scoreline was too low, or that he had made a sacrifice by switching out to the best of the entrance three.
“Don’t p*** us off a couple of small rating or one thing, we’re within the quarters,” Griezmann instructed BeIN Sports activities. “Massive recreation defensively for the group. And not using a nice defence, you may’t go far. It was one other new system for us, we now have to get used to it.
“I discovered [about my position on the right] this morning. I’m on the service of the coach and the group. The coach instructed me to play right here, I play right here.
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“Regardless of the place I play, I’m going to offer my all. [Didier Deschamps] is aware of the place I wish to play, however I’m all the time going to offer the whole lot for the group. This coach has confidence in me and I attempt to give it again to him.”
In the meantime, Adrien Rabiot was left to lament a first-half yellow card, his second reserving of the event, which is able to see him miss the quarter-finals.
Regardless of his frustration, he was pleased with the group for grinding out the win.
“It’s an actual reduction with this aim,” Rabiot instructed RMC. “We performed a very good match, we have been strong.
“We’ve got this means to not concede a aim, to be superb at restoration. We all know that it’ll solely take one to place it within the internet. It was the right match as a result of with this aim on the finish of the match, we broke their legs.
“I’m disgusted to have taken this yellow. I discover that the refereeing at first of the match was a little bit restricted. However I’ve confidence within the guys on the bench, I shall be behind them.”
