This Saturday, at 5 p.m., Lorient welcomes Lille for the third day of Ligue 1. Olivier Giroud will not participate in this meeting.
According to The teamthe French striker did not travel to Brittany due to a physical problem. It would be a serious muscle glitch according to the website of the sports daily. For the time being, LOSC has not commied to the subject.
This summer, Olivier Giroud found Ligue 1, thirteen years after leaving it. The former Montpellier player, who will blow his 39th candle in a month, was quick to be effective. Indeed, he found the net in the first two days.
Giroud and the Blues, it's over
A realism that will not make him get out of his international retirement, he who had hung up the crampons in selection after Euro 2024 in Germany. Didier Deschamps did not summon it for the September rally, during which the Blues will face Ukraine (September 5) and Iceland (September 9) to start the qualifying campaign for the 2026 World Cup.
Since 2022, Olivier Giroud is none other than the top scorer in the history of the French team. With 57 goals scored in 137 functions in the jersey struck the rooster, he is ahead of Thierry Henry (51 achievements) and Kylian Mbappé (50).