Luis Suarez has hit back at Antoine Griezmann after he refused to celebrate his goal in France’s 2-0 victory over Uruguay on Friday. The Atletico Madrid striker was fortunate to get on the scoresheet as his effort was struck straight at Fernando Muslera, but the Uruguayan goalkeeper fumbled his attempt at parrying the ball.
‘I did not want to celebrate on the pitch. I am very happy, but also sad for my [Atletico] teammates,’ Griezmann told TF1.
‘It was my first time against Uruguay, so there was plenty of emotion. ‘I love Uruguayan culture and I love Uruguayans. ‘I was also playing against friends, so out of respect I thought it was normal to not celebrate my goal.’
But when told about Griezmann’s comments, Suarez replied: ‘He’s not Uruguayan, he’s French and he scored a goal ‘He doesn’t know what we have to do to succeed in football. ‘He will have his customs and his Uruguayan way of speaking, but we feel differently.’