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By Felix Keith Antoine Griezmann will surrender his utterly ridiculous appearance record for France after pulling out of the squad for upcoming friendlies with an injury. Griezmann is the first name on the team sheet for Didier Deschamps, but is unavailable for France’s friendlies against Germany and Chile. The Atletico Madrid striker has an ankle injury so will be absent from the squad for the first time since November 2016. He was named in the original squad by Deschamps last week and he played 45 minutes in Atleti’s 3-0 defeat by Barcelona on Sunday, but has now been ruled out by the doctor…

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