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The France icon recently coached the country?s under-21s to a silver medal at the Summer Olympics. France legend and CBS Sports analyst Thierry Henry has told Into the Calderón that Antoine Griezmann?s contributions to football cannot be overlooked as the Atlético Madrid superstar prepares for a new Champions League season.
?What Griezmann has done in the game cannot be challenged,? Henry said Wednesday, during a UEFA Champions League media session. ?What he has done for France, what he has done for Atlético Madrid, we all know he went to Barcelona, it didn?t work out and he came back. ... What Griezmann has done in the game is more than amazing.?

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Griezmann, who made his 137th appearance for France over the international break, will begin his ninth Champions League campaign with Atlético next Thursday when Los Rojiblancos welcome German powerhouse RB Leipzig to the Metropolitano. The World Cup winner has reached one UCL final in his club career, back in 2016, but Atleti were cruelly denied by city rivals Real Madrid in a penalty shootout at Milan?s Stadio Giuseppe Meazza. Griezmann converted his attempt in that shootout, but he missed what would have been an equalizing penalty during normal time, sending his effort over Keylor Navas? crossbar.
More than eight years later, Griezmann has since become Atlético?s all-...