But with a youth system producing the likes of skillful winger Hatem Ben Arfa and striker Karim Benzema, Lyon considered him too frail. Griezmann has scored three goals, two of them headers, helping France out of couple of scrapes on its way to the quarterfinals. The first of those broke the deadlock in the 90th minute of France's second group game against Albania. PARIS (AP) " As a small boy, Antoine Griezmann would run onto the pitch after watching the adults play and practice his headers over and over again. With Benzema left out of the Euro 2016 squad due to an ongoing sex-tape scandal, Griezmann now has more responsibility.

Source: New Zealand Herald June 27, 2016 15:00 UTC