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Griezmann Calls Messi 'The World's Best', France Teammate Responds!

Griezmann Calls Messi 'The World's Best', France Teammate Responds!

After Antoine Griezmann labelled Lionel Messi as the world's best player following France's 2022 FIFA World Cup semi-final victory over Morocco, a French teammate of his has publicly disagreed with his comments.

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During a post-match interview on Wednesday night, the Atletico Madrid forward spoke ahead of Sunday's World Cup final, complimenting the strength of Argentina and referring to Messi as football's best player.

"Argentina are a great team and they have the best player in the world," he said, according to NDTV Sports.

Messi has been in "scintillating form" in the Middle East, according to France boss Didier Deschamps, but Real Madrid midfielder Aurelien Tchouameni believes Les Bleus boast the world's leading star in their ranks.

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"For me it's Kylian [Mbappe]... for me, for me, it's Mbappe and I want him to prove that in the next game," he stated.

"It's difficult to score, but we're all going to work together to achieve it. We're going to make a plan, recover well and work to win this game because Messi will be there, but he also has 10 other players by his side."

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Messi and Mbappe will head into Sunday's showdown tied on five goals each at this year's World Cup, with the Argentine having registered three assists compared to his Paris Saint-Germain colleague's two. 

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