Shots fired at Messi and Barcelona by former World Cup winner Christophe Dugarry


Shots fired at Messi and Barcelona by former World Cup winner Christophe Dugarry

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The former French forward who won the 1998 World Cup and 2000’s Euro – Christophe Dugarry blasts at Lionel Messi and Antoine Griezmann after a disappointing performance by the Argentine in a 2-2 draw against Atletico Madrid.

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Dugarry in a podcast at RMC Sport commented on the Argentine as ‘A kid who is 1.5 meters tall and half autistic’.

Barcelona squad have toppled their lead twice this season. The Catalans are underperforming due to which Ernesto Valverde was dismissed and Quique Setien took charge at Camp Nou on 13th of January.

Griezmann made his competitive debut on 16 August 2019 in a 1–0 defeat to Athletic Bilbao and it has been a downhill for the French man ever since.

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“What is Griezmann afraid of? A kid who is 1.5 metres tall and half autistic?” the 1998 World Cup winner said. “All he has to do is show some balls at some point.” – Dugarry said.

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“I’ve been saying for a year that he has a problem with Messi. He has to hit him in the face.” – he added.

“It’s true that Messi could give him more passes, but honestly I am not surprised. Griezmann loses balls, doesn’t play with confidence. Griezmann should go and talk to Messi to solve the problem.” – as the former French striker takes shot at the Argentine.

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After an outrage in the footballing world, Duggary apologised and later deleted his comments from all his social media platforms.

“I’m sincerely sorry for the breadth and depth of my remarks about Lionel Messi,” he tweeted. “I didn’t want to stigmatise people with autism disorders, that was not my intention. I apologise to the people I shocked and will do it again (apologise) on Team Duga (TV show) this evening.”

The 48-year old also took shots at the new Catalan manager, Christophe Dugarry:

“He is not a decisive coach. Setien is very nice but he doesn’t have the right credentials – he didn’t know who to change,” Dugarry said. ” – as Setien brought on the Ansu Fati and Griezmann in 85th and 90th minute of the game.

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“I don’t think it’s anything against Griezmann, he just doesn’t know how to get this team to play. He’s completely overwhelmed. I’m convinced that he has nothing against Griezmann, but rather he is just incompetent.” – he concluded.

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