A little over a year after retiring from international duty, will Olivier Giroud be erased from the shelves? If the current Lille striker remains to this day the top scorer in the history of the Blues with 57 goals on the clock (in 137 caps), his record is now very seriously threatened by Kylian Mbappé.
Despite his slight sprain in his right ankle, suffered last weekend in La Liga against Villarreal, the Real Madrid star should start against Azerbaijan, Friday evening at the Parc des Princes (8:45 p.m.), as part of the 2026 World Cup qualifiers. An opponent who could allow him to panic the counters.
“I think I'm not breaking any taboo if I say that I can score goals against anyone. Every match has its truth »warned the former Paris Saint-Germain crack at a press conference, who has already scored sixteen times since the start of the season, in all competitions.
Kylian Mbappé attacks Olivier Giroud
“It’s a team that kept Ukraine in check, where we didn’t get carried away. The stakes are more important than scoring goals, even if we are not going to deprive ourselves of it”he added. Before this meeting and next Monday's meeting in Iceland, five goals separate the French captain from Olivier Giroud. Nothing insurmountable for “Kyks”.
“I think I'll beat him, but when, I don't know. Maybe tomorrow, who knows. Maybe in a longer timesmiled number 10 of the Blues. It's something that will come naturally, it's going to happen and I'll be happy when it happens, and I'll move on from there. » Kylian Mbappé doesn't have time.
