Antoine Griezmann is traveling with the French national team to the World Cup semi-finals, while Luis Suarez and his teammates from the Uruguay team are heading home.
The French national team defeated Uruguay with a score of 2:0 and will play against Belgium in the semi-finals. In this match, A. Griezmann was the main star - he made an assist and scored a goal.
After the match, the striker, who made his way into top football thanks to Uruguayan coach Martino Lasarte, showed great respect for Uruguayan football and for this reason did not celebrate after scoring.
"I didn't celebrate the goal because my career started with Uruguayans, who supported me in both good and bad times. I feel a great respect for Uruguay.
There are many players from my club in this team, so that was also a reason why I didn't celebrate. Uruguay is a tough team, playing similarly to Atletico. In this team, hard work is done both in defense and in attack. My environment is surrounded by Uruguayans and I love their culture," - Griezmann did not hesitate to express good words about the team and the country.
However, such words did not bother Luis Suarez at all, who stated that A. Griezmann does not understand how important football is for Uruguayans.
"He is not Uruguayan. He is French and scored against us. He doesn't know what we have to do to become successful players. He may know our culture and habits, but he doesn't know how we feel inside," - stated the Barcelona striker, who was close to becoming A. Griezmann's teammate this summer.
