Griezmann named central male of a match
Antoine Griezmann has been named UEFA Europa League final male of a compare by UEFA’s technical observers.
Griezmann scored Atlético’s initial dual goals in their 3-0 win opposite Marseille in Lyon – a initial a low finish that cheated Steve Mandanda, a second a lovable chip over a keeper. That takes a France striker’s UEFA Europa League total for a deteriorate to six.
“I’ve been operative to knowledge a impulse like this for many years,” pronounced a 27-year-old. “I left home when we was 14 wanting to win titles. After dual waste [in a UEFA Champions League] we was dynamic to take a event to win one. we didn’t wish to skip out.”
Thomas Schaaf, representing their technical spectator group, said: “In further to his stoical finishes for a opening goals, he showed peculiarity in possession and an considerable work rate but a ball.”
Previous male of a matches
2017 Ander Herrera (Man. United)
2016 Coke (Sevilla)
2015 Éver Banega (Sevilla)
2014 Ivan Rakitić (Sevilla)
2013 Branislav Ivanović (Chelsea)
2012 Radamel Falcao (Atlético Madrid)
2011 Radamel Falcao (Porto)
2010 Diego Forlán (Atlético Madrid)
2009 Darijo Srna (Shakhtar Donetsk)
2008 Andrey Arshavin (Zenit)
2007 Andrés Palop (Sevilla)
2006 Enzo Maresca (Sevilla)
2005 Daniel Carvalho (CSKA Moskva)
2004 Roberto Ayala (Valencia)
2003 Derlei (Porto)
2002 Jon Dahl Tomasson (Feyenoord)
2001 Gary McAllister (Liverpool)
2000 Cláudio Taffarel (Galatasaray)
1999 Hernán Crespo (Parma)
1998 Ronaldo (Internazionale Milano)
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