French team: Griezmann-Benzema, hell of a duo! – Maxifoot

Expected at the turn, Antoine Griezmann and Karim Benzema were flamboyant against Finland (2-0) on Tuesday during the 2022 World Cup qualifiers. Excellent news for the France team which can rely on the complicity of his two attackers for the future.

The France team had no right to make a mistake after its two poor matches against Bosnia (1-1) and Ukraine (1-1). She responded now by taking quite clearly the upper hand over Finland (2-0), Tuesday Lyon, as part of the 2022 World Cup qualifiers. A great success in which Antoine Griezmann, double scorer, and Karim Benzema, passer decisive, were flamboyant.

In all the good shots

Respectively rated 8.5 / 10 and 8/10 by the editorial staff of Maxifoot, Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid forwards have finally shown that they can play, and very well, together. In a 3-4-1-2 where he had the keys to the game, the former Real Sociedad center-forward was put in the best possible condition to have the keys to the game behind the two points, who excelled on the combinations in small spaces. Free in his movements, he knew how to place himself wonderfully to avoid stepping on the feet of the two offensive arrows.

Facilitated by the presence of two pistons ported forward, the duo displayed a complicity that was only too rarely known. The two players have also changed 28 balls, a startling figure. On the first goal, the Merengue perfectly served the Colchonero with a nice deviation before regaling with a small festival to bring the second achievement of the number 7. They were also involved, with Anthony Martial, on the magnificent action that could have been allow Griezmann to register a tripl.

Griezmann and Benzema happy

Unsurprisingly, the two players were very happy with their agreement at the final whistle. For Griezmann, Didier Deschamps’ tactical choice certainly made things easier. We may have found a system that suits us the best, see. Afterwards it is the coach who decides. But tonight, we are strong , congratulated the one who equaled Michel Platini to the third rank of the best directors of the tricolor selection with 41 goals in 98 caps.

For his part, Benzema did not want to do too much and wants this match to serve as an example for the rest of the events. We must continue and try. Tonight, there was movement, that’s what happened. This is good, because there are goals there. It is beneficial for the group , underlined the captain of Real. A very promising agreement on which the French coach will have to capitalize for the coming months. A Kylian Mbapp, absent yesterday, to rise to the level of his two compres to form an explosive trio.

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