The Latest: Gourd enough for Suarez is OK for Griezmann, too

FILE - In this Monday, July 2, 2018 file photo France's Antoine Griezmann, left, holding a mate gourd, and Raphael Varane arrive at a training session at the 2018 soccer World Cup in Glebovets, Russia. France forward Antoine Griezmann has arrived for the World Cup match against Uruguay sipping from a mate gourd _ perhaps as a silent retort to Luis Suarez. The Uruguay striker took a verbal shot at Griezmann earlier this week ahead of Friday's quarterfinal, accusing him of trying to be Uruguayan. (AP Photo/David Vincent, File) FILE - In this Monday, July 2, 2018 file photo France's Antoine Griezmann, left, holding a mate gourd, and Raphael Varane arrive at a training session at the 2018 soccer World Cup in Glebovets, Russia. France forward Antoine Griezmann has arrived for the World Cup match against Uruguay sipping from a mate gourd _ perhaps as a silent retort to Luis Suarez. The Uruguay striker took a verbal shot at Griezmann earlier this week ahead of Friday's quarterfinal, accusing him of trying to be Uruguayan. (AP Photo/David Vincent, File)

By Associated Press July 6, 2018 5 min read

MOSCOW (AP) – The Latest on Friday at the World Cup (all times local):

4:55 p.m.

France forward Antoine Griezmann has arrived for the World Cup match against Uruguay sipping from a mate (MAH’-tay) gourd – perhaps as a silent retort to Luis Suarez.

The Uruguay striker took a verbal shot at Griezmann earlier this week ahead of Friday’s quarterfinal, accusing him of trying to be Uruguayan. Griezmann plays at Atletico Madrid alongside Uruguayan defenders Diego Godin and Jose Maria Gimenez. Godin is godfather to Griezmann’s daughter, and Griezmann has a fondness for the tea popularly sipped from a gourd in Uruguay and Argentina.

Suarez stepped off the Uruguayan team bus at Nizhny Novgorod Stadium sipping from a mate gourd. Moments later, Griezmann did likewise as the French team arrived.