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Antoine Griezmann says he is proud to match Zinedine Zidane for assists with France, but credited their World Cup victory over Denmark as a team performance.
Kylian Mbappe’s double saw the defending champions book their place in the knockout rounds with a 2-1 win, cementing top spot in Group D with a game in hand.
Griezmann supplied the crucial delivery for the forward’s winner, cancelling out Andreas Christensen’s earlier equaliser, to move him to 26 assists overall for his country.
That draws him level with national legend and fellow World Cup winner Zidane, but while Griezmann was delighted to match the achievement, he was quick to pay tribute to Didier Deschamps’ squad as a whole.
“I am very proud of that,” he told TF1. “But I insist [it is] the work of the team, [rather than] my work offensively or defensively.
“There are the stats, [if] we only look at that. But everyone made an exceptional effort tonight. It was very important to win and qualify.”
Griezmann’s feat draws him level with Zidane, who helped France to World Cup success on home soil in 1998.
For France, victory marked a spot of revenge too after back-to-back losses against Kasper Hjulmand’s side in the Nations League, and Griezmann acknowledged their win was a hard-fought one.
“We knew it was going to be a complicated match,” he added. “We lost twice in the Nations League. We did a lot of work together. Those who returned worked well too. It’s a very good victory.”
France will wrap up their Group D campaign against Tunisia on November 30, where they will look to ensure they claim top spot and an arguably more favourable draw for the knockout stages.
