Olivier Giroud could hardly imagine the best scenario for his comeback in Ligue 1. Scorer, last weekend, after just more than ten minutes of play against Brest, the former Gunner indeed gave this against Monaco, Sunday, during the closing shock of the 2e Ligue Day 1. And if faced with the Finistériens, the LOSC had finally had to be satisfied with a prolific draw (3-3), the native of Isère allowed the Dogues to tear off the victory in extremis.
The almost 39-year-old center forward has this time waited for additional time this time to shake the nets, scoring the only goal of the meeting thanks to a strike under the bar after having wrapped on his defender. And the top scorer in the history of the French team could even have offered a double since he missed a penalty in stride while the Pierre-Mauroy stadium chanted his name.
However, Olivier Giroud refused to draw the coverage after the meeting. “I especially remember the state of mind and the resilience of the team that believed there until the end. The match could have changed from one and another. We believed it to the end, me too on the occasion I put ”, he thus entrusted in remarks relayed by The teamalso nourishing some regrets about the missed penalty: “A little downside on the penalty, but if I had been told that I was going to mark and that we would win 1-0, I would have signed right away. »»
Olivier Giroud is swimming in happiness but …
The newcomer nevertheless tasted his happiness. “The integration was pretty good, I was welcomed by super guys, a super staff and people at the passionate and whole club. These are the values ​​I share, we found ourselves. I am happy, I am really happy with my beginnings here and very ambitious compared to the group we have ”, he added, adding: “Even if we have lost many players, we strengthened, there are also very good young people. The entrants made the difference, whether morning (Fernandez-Pardo), Nabil (Bentaleb). It's really a group looking in the same direction. »»
Olivier Giroud, on the other hand, wanted to be categorical about a possible return to the French team as mentioned by his former partner in Adil Rami selection at the Ligue 1+ microphone. “Ah, I felt her coming your question … again, I focus on my club, he launched. I said goodbye to the French team last March, as I said last week, and it was something extraordinary, I feel like a privileged, I am blessed to have lived moments like that. Now I believe that there is a new generation that arrives and it is also necessary to give way to young talents. I wrote my story with guys, with this beautiful team, this beautiful blue jersey. Now I'm going to devote myself 100% on my club and this challenge that is mine in LOSC this year. »»
