It is a second youth offered by Olivier Giroud on the side of Lille. After spending a complicated year at Los Angeles FC, in Major League Soccer, the French striker made the risky choice to return to Ligue 1, thirteen years after his departure from Montpellier, and to sign at LOSC. An ambitious and European club, which needed a scorer to replace a Jonathan David goes to Juventus.
And until then, the bet is successful for the 2018 world champion who, at 38, has already silenced criticism on his physical condition by scoring 2 goals in 3 games. Its fourth outing with LOSC, it will be on Saturday evening in Lens during the 5the
Day of Ligue 1. In Bollaert, he will find one of his former teammates with the Blues, Florian Thauvin, who also chose the North as a new fall point.
Olivier Giroud falls under the spell
A crucial meeting for the two clubs, which the former Gunner is aware of. “I have already met some Lille supporters and they made me understand that here, with Lens … We have already taken a date, we will prepare because it is something here! »»entrusts the approach of this derby, in an interview with Canal+, an Olivier Giroud grateful for the reception reserved for him.
“People are top, welcoming and that's what I want to see because these are values that I share. It's simple and authenticsavor the ex-Milanese, literally under the spell. People thank me for choosing Lille for my return to France. And this is also where you realize that with the French team, you left you a special trace. »» It is up to him to leave one in the history of the DOGUES.
