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15th October 2020
04:19pm BST

Following the game, Griezmann was full of praise for his national team coach, Didier Deschamps, highlighting the position he is deployed in for Les Bleus.
"Deschamps knows where to put me, so I take advantage of the situation, this position, and the confidence of the coach and my teammates," Griezmann said after the game.
At face value, this can be interpreted as a simple compliment to his manager with whom he enjoys a healthy relationship, but in the context of his troubled position at Barcelona, it is clear that there is some resentment towards Barcelona manager Ronald Koeman buried in those comments.
Last season the Frenchman struggled to break into the starting XI at the Camp Nou despite arriving for £107 million. Former manager Quique Setién openly admitted he "did not fit the system." Which, to be fair, he didn't, but why buy him in the first place if that's the case?
This season, he has been playing more football, but often starting on the right, while Messi occupies the central position in the forward line.
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