Monday, June 27, 2016

Practice makes perfect: Griezmann heads France's attack (The Associated Press)

France's Antoine Griezmann, left, scores his sides first goal during the Euro 2016 round of 16 soccer match between France and Ireland, at the Grand Stade in Decines-Charpieu, near Lyon, France, Sunday, June 26, 2016. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

As a small boy, Antoine Griezmann would run onto the pitch after watching the adults play and practice his headers over and over again. Griezmann has scored three goals, two of them headers, helping France out of couple of scrapes on its way to the quarterfinals. The first of those broke the deadlock in the 90th minute of France's second group game against Albania.


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