If he folded up and left Europe last July to discover the Major League Soccer, Olivier Giroud may not have completely finished with the football of the old continent. In a way anyway. A little more than two months ago, this did not seem possible, but a regulation point linked to the FIFA club World Cup upset the situation. On Saturday, Olivier Giroud will know whether or not he will find his former Chelsea club.
While he had lost all hope of participating in the brand new competition, the Los Angeles FC saw the horizon suddenly brightens up before him. It was on March 21 very exactly, when FIFA excluded the Leon club, however winner of the CONCACAF 2023 Champions League, but in violation due to multi-club property. Suddenly, the body announced that an exceptional dam would take place between the LAFC, finalist of the C1 2023, and Club America, best team in the Concacaf ranking over four years.
This famous match takes place on the night of Saturday to Sunday (4:30 am French time) and Olivier Giroud intends to do everything to help his team validate his ticket for the Club World Cup. In addition to the pleasure of being able to confront the largest world teams, Los Angeles would also take the opportunity to recover a sacred jackpot.
Giroud against Chelsea on June 16 at the Club World Cup?
Group D in which the LAFC can potentially meet is made up of the Brazilian Club of Flamengo, Hope Tunis and Chelsea FC. A club that Olivier Giroud knows well for having played there two and a half years, including a victory in the Champions League. The meeting between the winner of the Concacaf dam and the Blues is scheduled for June 16 at the Mercedes-Benze Stadium in Atlanta (3 p.m.).
Since he joined Los Angeles, Olivier Giroud has been very discreet before the opposing cages. All competitions combined, the former Montpellier has only scored two small goals in thirteen games. He only played 590 minutes of effective time.
