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By Reuters
MOSCOW: If the jovial behavior of Antoine Griezmann has anything to do, France is far from being intimidated by the prospect of competing in the final of the Coupe du World and elks before the shock of Sunday.
The little striker was full of good-natured friday at a press conference at the team's training base outside Moscow, joking with teasing reporters as well as veteran press officer Philippe Tournon, who is retiring after the tournament. "We lost when I was top scorer of Euro 2016," he jokes. "This time, I tried to score fewer goals to see if it helped us win."
"I tried to manage my game When I score, it's all the better, but I'm a player who thinks first and foremost about the team."
He cut short to a questioner who wanted an answer to criticism from the team. Belgian goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois, who accused the French of playing negative football in their semi-final on Tuesday.
"No, no, no, let's not go in. I'm crazy about that, I want the star (on the jersey) .What we play to win the game, I I'm crazy! "Thibaut Courtois must stop (his criticism). Does his Chelsea team play like Barcelona?" On the tactics of Sunday's final at the Luzhniki stadium, Griezmann suggested that Coach Didier Deschamps was sketching out particular plans
) Modric and also (Ivan) Rakitic to consider. These are two very technically strong players who are essential for Croatia. Their game goes through them, and I think the coach has something in his back pocket. "
Cloistered
Asked what he had learned about himself during the last month of intense competition at the camp with the team, he said:" That I stayed the same. I play Fortnite all day, drink my mate and that 's what I love at home. "
Fortnite is a survival video game and a companion, a South American tea that Griezmann learned to drink from his Uruguayan friends from Atletico Madrid." But he insisted that he remains French despite his playing career in Spain
"We must be proud to be French. This is not often enough said. We have in France a beautiful country, a good team, we eat well, we have good players – even good journalists, "he added, laughing promptly.
At the end of the conference, he applauded the Press Tournon, aged 74, seated next to him on the podium through a 30-minute speech
Tournon is the press attaché of the France team since 1986, working with nine coaches.
scores his 337th and last match in the role.
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