DO THE DANCE Antoine Griezmann celebration: Why does the France star celebrate his goals like he does?
Atletico Madrid striker celebrates every goal by sticking his thumb and finger out and waving his hands
Posted Friday, July 08, 2016 by Thesun.co.uk
ANTOINE GRIEZMANN'S celebration has been a familiar sight in Euro 2016.
The France star has scored six goals, including two in the semi-final against Germany, to help fire the hosts into the final of the tournament.
But why does he celebrate like that?
The simple answer: he is copying rapper Drake's dance from the hit track Hotline Bling.
Griezmann forgot to do the celebration – which he has been doing since last season – in the opening matches of the competition.
He did manage to remember it after scoring the winner against the Republic of Ireland.
He said: "That's a dance from the video to Drake's Hotline Bling.
"I've been doing it when I score for Atletico and I should have done it when I scored against Albania, but the emotion was too much and I forgot about it.
"The same thing happened when I equalised against Ireland. For the second goal, I remembered."
Griezmann used the celebration all of last season when he scored a whopping 32 goals for Atletico Madrid.
Griezmann opened the scoring against Germany from the penalty spot before poking home the second to set up a meeting with Portugal.
Griezmann became the first player since Michel Platini in 1984 to score six goals in a tournament.
The hosts are also unbeaten in their last 10 matches against Sunday's opponents Portugal.
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