After a fanfare debut and three goals quickly scored – in line with a convincing summer preparation – Olivier Giroud is marking time in the ranks of LOSC. Due to a lack of good balls to exploit in opposing areas, the 39-year-old striker has been discreet in recent weeks. Despite the absolute confidence of his coach Bruno Genesio.
His former coach with the Blues, Didier Deschamps, is no longer so quick to give credit to the record holder for the number of achievements for the France team (57 goals in 137 matches). So, can Olivier Giroud still wear the rooster’s jersey? “
Today, I don’t ask myself that question and I hope I don’t have to ask it… »
The message is clear. The Bayonne technician taking refuge from the rest behind the boy’s own choice, who made the decision to hang up his international cleats at the end of Euro 2024. ”
It was clear on his partrecalls the conductor of the Blues as part of Téléfoot. But if there is a massacre and as long as he remains competitive and he plays, I have choices to make. »
A massacre is no longer enough
The massacre has just happened. With an October gathering which saw the France group deprived of numerous attackers. “
There would really have to be a huge massacre to call meOlivier Giroud noted with a bit of bitterness when the list of blue internationals was announced. There, five attackers are missing and the coach is not calling me. He understood that I had turned the page… »
A few days earlier on RMC, the person concerned had made it known that he would be happy to be at the disposal of the French team if necessary. “ If there is a need to help out during a match or a rally… It is not my style to refuse a selection even if I have announced my retirement. To be of service I could do it… »
