Cyrille de la Morinerie 12:14 p.m., October 10, 2021

Playmaker Antoine Griezmann plays Sunday night in the Nations League final against Spain, his adopted country.

The Atlético de Madrid player will honor his hundredth selection for the French team, a major step in a rich career with the Blues so far.

That was seven and a half years ago.

Decked out with the number 11, Antoine Griezmann honored his first selection with the France team, against the Netherlands.

The start of a very long adventure, which will see him, Sunday evening, celebrated his hundredth selection against Spain, in the final of the League of Nations.

A meeting with a particular flavor for "Grizou", of which Spain is the country of adoption as a teenager.

A victorious return to Spain?

The playmaker of the Blues, "very proud and very happy" of this stage, will come back to it after this international break, since he plays at Atlético de Madrid, his club from 2014 to 2019 and since the offseason . "There is also that aspect of not coming back to Spain having lost. I hope it ends well with a cup and a party after the game."

If Antoine Griezmann has made a name for himself in Spain, especially at Atlético de Madrid where he learns to defend as much as to attack, it is with the blue jersey that the striker achieves his greatest success.

At Euro 2016, he finished top scorer in the tournament.

The original Mâconnais scored twice, especially against Germany, in a molten Velodrome stadium.

In 2018, it is the apotheosis with a title of world champion, which owes a lot to Antoine Griezmann, involved in three of the four French goals in the final.

The praises of Deschamps

If he does not have the charisma of a Michel Platini or the elegance of a Zinédine Zidane, Antoine Griezmann, who celebrates his goals by miming video game sequences, is well in the process of making his mark on the history of the Blues. .

"Look at his efficiency through the goals he scores and the goals he scored. He is a player who is ultra-efficient and important for the France team," said Didier Deschamps, who made it one of the basic men of his device. 

At 30, the indefatigable Antoine Griezmann will play his 57th game in a row with the Blues on Sunday night.

It is only ten goals away from Thierry Henry, the top scorer in the history of the French team and legend of French football, that "Grizou" is already too.