Despite the heat that reigns in Qatar, Antoine Griezmann does not deviate from his habits and systematically wears a long-sleeved jersey.
The air conditioning has been working since the start of the World Cup. And this even though the temperatures remain most often moderate with temperatures most often below 30°. Some spectators even sometimes complained about the cold during the first meetings because of the air conditioning.
Read also:Giroud-Mbappé, the big controversyWhat Lewandowski whispered in Mbappé’s earGiroud, Domenech’s accusationsZidane threw up
Antoine Griezmann is immune to this kind of consideration Firstly because the Madrid striker, repositioned in the midfielder since the start of the world swallows the kilometers, not hesitating to come back to defend very low to help the tricolor defense. But the Mâconnais also has the particularity of systematically playing with a long-sleeved jersey.
Absolute fan of Beckham
Among the Blues, there were only two not to wear a short-sleeved jersey: Antoine Griezmann and Ousmane Dembélé. The Atletico Madrid player is not especially chilly but acts in this way to imitate his childhood idol: David Beckham, who also used to systematically wear a long-sleeved jersey, whatever the weather. .
“I am an absolute fan. On the ground, already, he had class. And off the pitch, he is always clean, well dressed, well-groomed,” Antoine Griezmann confided in an interview with GQ in 2016, adding: “I play in long sleeves because he was doing it too, I also took his number 7. And the tricolor world champion didn’t just take that: he also imitated Becks by getting a tattoo of Jesus Christ as well as a rosary decorated with the letters AI E. As the former Mancunian was able to do, the Frenchman wanted pay homage to his parents as well as to his wife with the initials of their first name: A for his father, I for his mother Isabelle and E for Erika, his wife.
