Holder Thursday evening to face Ireland in the context of qualifying for Euro 2024, Olivier Giroud was injured in the first period.
However, everything was going well for the French team at the start of the qualifying match for Euro 2024. Opposed Thursday evening to Ireland, Didier Deschamps’ men had quickly found the fault in the opposing defense by opening the the nineteenth minute of play, thanks to Aurélien Tchouaméni. But a few minutes later, a cold snap calmed everyone down. Lying on the lawn, and visibly touched in the left ankle, Olivier Giroud was replaced.
There had already been a start of alert a little earlier for the AC Milan striker who had been treated by the doctors of the France team. If no contact seemed to be the cause of his pain, the center forward was probably the victim of a false move on a support. As a result, he therefore withdrew his left shoe in the twenty-fifth minute of the match and lay down in the opposing area.
Ice pocket on the ankle
Didier Deschamps, looking worried, immediately replaced him with Marcus Thuram. The images then showed Olivier Giroud, seated with tricolor substitutes, leg raised with a large pocket of ice strapped around his ankle. It remains to know the exact nature of his injury and the length of unavailability of the veteran tricolor.
