Reuters,
Moscow
On Sunday night Griezmann and his team mates produced a
pulsating performance before falling to the ground, hugging and sobbing as
world champions.
"I do not know where I am," the stunned
27-year-old said while organisers hurried to set up the presentation stage on
the pitch. "We cannot wait to lift the Cup and bring it back to
France."
While waiting for the presentation Griezmann burst into
tears, seemingly as the enormity of his team's achievement swept over him, and
while a rainstorm soaked the Luzhniki arena, the player embraced French
president Emmanuel Macron who kissed his forehead and clasped his shoulders.
Once the French had their hands on the coveted golden
trophy, Griezmann grasped it and ran down to fans behind the goal to show them
the World Cup, before skipping back along the side of the pitch holding it
aloft.
And when he finally emerged from his on-pitch
celebrations the tears had been replaced by a wide smile.
"The World Cup... it's a lot... I am very proud of this team, the players,
the coach, the staff. We were really a united group either on the bench or in
the line-up. We did something incredible, we wrote history," he said,
downplaying his individual role."Frankly I have not yet realised what we
have done," he grinned after being named man-of-the-match.
But certainly it had been a virtuoso performance by a
player of undoubted talent who finally answered his doubters on the game's biggest
stage.
He had stayed calm under pressure, unlocked the Croatian
defence and been key to victory.
For now, though, he wanted to look forward.
"Now we will party and tomorrow we will party with
France and with all the French people," he said, again breaking into an
enormous grin.
"It is France we love. (We have) different origins
but we are all united. We are many players with different backgrounds, but we
have the same goal, we wear the same jersey, we work for each other.
Ref: https://www.thedailystar.net/fifa-world-cup-2018/i-do-not-know-where-i-am-1606204
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