WORLD RECORD FAILED !
Antoine Griezmann (picture) stumbles at just 2 games from world record
World record of Zubizarreta: 86 caps in a row
Antoine Griezmann will not be able to play for France in a friendly match against Germany today due to injury.
This means that, having almost approached the world record for the number of consecutive caps, he can’t repeat or beat it.
The record belongs to Andoni Zubizarreta - 86 games for Spain in a row between 1985 and 1994 (details in the table).
Griezmann currently has 84. The last time he missed his national team game almost 7 years ago; it was a friendly against England (3-2) on 13 June 2017. And now his streak ends, with just 2 matches missing.
Zubizarreta, who has played a total of 126 games for La Roja, could also have extended his record run by a couple of dozen appearances more. But he also had his own unfortunate incident - a red card received against Denmark in the last qualifier for the 1994 World Cup (number 82 in the table).
This meant for him a suspension for the opening World Cup match against South Korea. For this reason, Spain coach Javier Clemente sidelined him in the last friendly before the tournament’s start, against Canada on 10 June 1994, giving practice to reserve keeper Santiago Cañizares.
Thus ended Zubizarreta's series. If this incident had not happened, it would probably have exceeded 100 games, since he continued to remain the main goalkeeper of the national team.
| ZUBIZARRETA | RECORD STREAK OF | CONSECUTIVE CAPS | |
| Date | Game | Tournament | |
| 1 | 26/05/1985 | Ireland 0-0 | Friendly |
| 2 | 12/06/1985 | Iceland 2-1 | World Cup Qual |
| 3 | 25/09/1985 | Iceland 2-1 | World Cup Qual |
| 4 | 20/11/1985 | Austria 0-0 | Friendly |
| 5 | 18/12/1985 | Bulgaria 2-0 | Friendly |
| 6 | 22/01/1986 | Soviet Union 2-0 | Friendly |
| 7 | 19/02/1986 | Belgium 3-0 | Friendly |
| 8 | 26/03/1986 | Poland 3-0 | Friendly |
| 9 | 01/06/1986 | Brazil 0-1 | World Cup |
| 10 | 07/06/1986 | Northern Ireland 2-1 | World Cup |
| 11 | 12/06/1986 | Algeria 3-0 | World Cup |
| 12 | 18/06/1986 | Denmark 5-1 | World Cup |
| 13 | 22/06/1986 | Belgium 1-1, pen 4-5 | World Cup |
| 14 | 24/09/1986 | Greece 3-1 | Friendly |
| 15 | 15/10/1986 | Germany 2-2 | Friendly |
| 16 | 12/11/1986 | Romania 1-0 | Euro Qual |
| 17 | 03/12/1986 | Albania 2-1 | Euro Qual |
| 18 | 21/01/1987 | Netherlands 1-1 | Friendly |
| 19 | 18/02/1987 | England 2-4 | Friendly |
| 20 | 01/04/1987 | Austria 3-2 | Euro Qual |
| 21 | 29/04/1987 | Romania 1-3 | Euro Qual |
| 22 | 23/09/1987 | Luxembourg 2-0 | Friendly |
| 23 | 14/10/1987 | Austria 2-0 | Euro Qual |
| 24 | 18/11/1987 | Albania 5-0 | Euro Qual |
| 25 | 27/01/1988 | East Germany 0-0 | Friendly |
| 26 | 24/02/1988 | Czechoslovakia 1-2 | Friendly |
| 27 | 23/03/1988 | France 1-2 | Friendly |
| 28 | 27/04/1988 | Scotland 0-0 | Friendly |
| 29 | 01/06/1988 | Sweden 1-3 | Friendly |
| 30 | 05/06/1988 | Switzerland 1-1 | Friendly |
| 31 | 11/06/1988 | Denmark 3-2 | Euro |
| 32 | 14/06/1988 | Italy 0-1 | Euro |
| 33 | 17/06/1988 | Germany 0-2 | Euro |
| 34 | 14/09/1988 | Yugoslavia 1-2 | Friendly |
| 35 | 12/10/1988 | Argentina 1-1 | Friendly |
| 36 | 16/11/1988 | Ireland 2-0 | World Cup Qual |
| 37 | 21/12/1988 | Northern Ireland 4-0 | World Cup Qual |
| 38 | 22/01/1989 | Malta 2-0 | World Cup Qual |
| 39 | 08/02/1989 | Northern Ireland 2-0 | World Cup Qual |
| 40 | 23/03/1989 | Malta 4-0 | World Cup Qual |
| 41 | 26/04/1989 | Ireland 0-1 | World Cup Qual |
| 42 | 20/09/1989 | Poland 1-0 | Friendly |
| 43 | 11/10/1989 | Hungary 2-2 | World Cup Qual |
| 44 | 15/11/1989 | Hungary 4-0 | World Cup Qual |
| 45 | 13/12/1989 | Switzerland 2-1 | Friendly |
| 46 | 21/02/1990 | Czechoslovakia 1-0 | Friendly |
| 47 | 28/03/1990 | Austria 2-3 | Friendly |
| 48 | 26/05/1990 | Yugoslavia 1-0 | Friendly |
| 49 | 13/06/1990 | Uruguay 0-0 | World Cup |
| 50 | 17/06/1990 | South Korea 3-1 | World Cup |
| 51 | 21/06/1990 | Belgium 2-1 | World Cup |
| 52 | 26/06/1990 | Yugoslavia 1-2 | World Cup |
| 53 | 12/09/1990 | Brazil 3-0 | Friendly |
| 54 | 10/10/1990 | Iceland 2-1 | Euro Qual |
| 55 | 14/11/1990 | Czechoslovakia 2-3 | Euro Qual |
| 56 | 19/12/1990 | Albania 9-0 | Euro Qual |
| 57 | 16/01/1991 | Portugal 1-1 | Friendly |
| 58 | 20/02/1991 | France 1-3 | Euro Qual |
| 59 | 27/03/1991 | Hungary 2-4 | Friendly |
| 60 | 17/04/1991 | Romania 0-2 | Friendly |
| 61 | 04/09/1991 | Uruguay 2-1 | Friendly |
| 62 | 25/09/1991 | Iceland 0-2 | Euro Qual |
| 63 | 12/10/1991 | France 1-2 | Euro Qual |
| 64 | 13/11/1991 | Czechoslovakia 2-1 | Euro Qual |
| 65 | 15/01/1992 | Portugal 0-0 | Friendly |
| 66 | 19/02/1992 | CIS 1-1 | Friendly |
| 67 | 11/03/1992 | United States 2-0 | Friendly |
| 68 | 22/04/1992 | Albania 3-0 | World Cup Qual |
| 69 | 09/09/1992 | England 1-0 | Friendly |
| 70 | 23/09/1992 | Latvia 0-0 | World Cup Qual |
| 71 | 14/10/1992 | Northern Ireland 0-0 | World Cup Qual |
| 72 | 18/11/1992 | Ireland 0-0 | World Cup Qual |
| 73 | 16/12/1992 | Latvia 5-1 | World Cup Qual |
| 74 | 27/01/1993 | Mexico 1-1 | Friendly |
| 75 | 24/02/1993 | Lithuania 5-0 | World Cup Qual |
| 76 | 31/03/1993 | Denmark 0-1 | World Cup Qual |
| 77 | 28/04/1993 | Northern Ireland 3-1 | World Cup Qual |
| 78 | 02/06/1993 | Lithuania 2-0 | World Cup Qual |
| 79 | 08/09/1993 | Chile 2-0 | Friendly |
| 80 | 22/09/1993 | Albania 5-1 | World Cup Qual |
| 81 | 13/10/1993 | Ireland 3-1 | World Cup Qual |
| 82 | 17/11/1993 | Denmark 1-0 | World Cup Qual |
| 83 | 20/01/1994 | Portugal 2-2 | Friendly |
| 84 | 09/02/1994 | Poland 1-1 | Friendly |
| 85 | 23/03/1994 | Croatia 0-2 | Friendly |
| 86 | 02/06/1994 | Finland 2-1 | Friendly |