Euro 2016 Diary: Seven goals and seven kingdoms for dancing Griezmann?

It’s the eve of the Euro 2016 final and, on the back of six goals already, Griezmann is coming…

GOAL-LINE BLING

We all know Antoine Griezmann, France’s probable Golden Boot winner and player of the tournament, is set to go down as the star of Euro 2016. But what’s with that strange, hand-dance celebration he pulled out of the bag against Germany?

Thankfully, the Atletico Madrid star took to his social media and helped us all to join the dots by shoe-horning his head into the video for Drake’s hit single ‘Hotline Bling’.

“I’ve been doing it when I score for Atletico and I should have done it when I scored against Albania, but the emotion was too much and I forgot about it,” said Griezmann, who will hope to keep his cool either side of goalscoring opportunities versus Portugal in Sunday’s final.

@Drake pic.twitter.com/W2Q6bV8CDR

— Antoine Griezmann (@AntoGriezmann) July 8, 2016

GAME OF ‘TOINES

While the man himself is keen to play the pop superstar, Marca are keen to cast Griezmann as the central figure in a television blockbuster.

Inspired by growing talk that the 25-year-old forward could be well-placed to end Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo’s dominance of the Ballon d’Or, the Spanish sports daily placed Griezmann in a Game of Thrones mock-up – taking his place on the fabled Iron Throne – flanked by those two established protagonists. 

Ronaldo, of course, can provide his own plot twist on Sunday, while Messi is brooding off screen having come into trouble with the Iron Bank.

Griezmann, the chosen one https://t.co/6K6nKyKJ7A pic.twitter.com/6y2Uk7Nakg

— MARCA in English (@MARCAinENGLISH) July 9, 2016

THAT’S A RAP FOR POGBA

Paul Pogba might have played second fiddle to Griezmann during France’s Euro 2016 run, but he is keen not to be outdone by his team-mate when it comes to ridiculous dancing.

Moved back to a deeper midfield role at the same time as Griezmann’s tournament ignited, Pogba’s range of passing could well hold the “keys, keys, keys” to unlocking Portugal’s defence at the Stade de France.

Other than that, we’re all out of offers for what on earth the Juventus star is up to here.

 

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