Antoine Griezmann will be one of France’s main actors in the Euro Cup and he will seek to get into the record books, he will try to reach or surpass the nine goals that Michel Platini scored in the tournament and the hunt begins this Monday against Austria.
Platini is the French scorer in the Euro, he scored nine goals in the same edition and ended up winning the tournament in 1984 when Griezmann was not yet born, the active footballer who will play in his third edition has seven goals that put him two behind the legendary ’10 ‘.
‘Grizi’ scored against Albania, Ireland, Iceland and Germany in the Euro 2016 that was played in France, however, in his second appearance in the tournament he could only send the ball into the nets in the group stage against Hungary and has two games without scoring.
The ‘7’ will have the first opportunity against Austria, then he will face the Netherlands and Poland who will be his rivals in the group stage, it will not be the only mark that Griezmann pursues who, if he reaches the semifinals, could surpass Lilian Thuram’s 16 games in the tournament and become the Frenchman with the most matches in the Euro Cup.
