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Antoine Griezmann gifts France match ball to murdered police officer's son

France striker Antoine Griezmann offered the match ball from the Euro 2016 hosts' win over Republic of Ireland to the son of a police officer murdered earlier this month.

Griezmann, 25, came to France's rescue last Sunday in Lyon when his second-half double helped the hosts come from behind to win their round-of-16 tie 2-1 in Lyon.

On Wednesday French police released video footage of another touch of class from the Atletico Madrid forward on the day of the game -- only this time it took place off the field.

Outside the Parc OL, man-of-the-match Griezmann handed a ball over to a young fan before posing for a photo.

The French police's official Twitter account says the boy in the footage is the son of Jean-Baptiste Salvaing, a police commander who was killed along with his partner at their home in Magnanville, North-West of Paris, on June 13.

Police said that the young boy -- reportedly the half-brother of the three-year-old child who was in the house at the time of the attack but survived --was invited to the game by French interior minister Bernard Cazeneuve.