Olivier Giroud participated in the entire preparation of LOSC this summer. It is therefore logical that the forty-year-old striker was on deck again this Saturday. For this last friendly match of the Lille summer, Davide Ancelotti’s players were traveling to Liverpool to face Everton. Holder, Olivier Giroud quickly left due to injury.
It all started in the fifteenth minute of play. At this point in the game, Olivier Giroud was hit by Iliman Ndiaye. The latter gave him a severe blow on the left leg, apparently without any intention of causing pain. But the damage had been done. The 2018 world champion with the Blues gritted his teeth but ended up facing the facts.
Thus in the twenty-third minute, noticing that the pain was increasing, Olivier Giroud sat down on the pitch, pushing the game to be temporarily stopped. The former Arsenal and Chelsea player struggled to get up and it was just as difficult to return to the edge of the pitch. Limping low and looking quite worried, Olivier Giroud was replaced by Soriba Diaoune.
Olivier Giroud absent against Angers?
Concerned, the attacker attended the end of the meeting. If he will receive some first aid, Olivier Giroud is now crossing his fingers in the hope that the injury is not too serious and will allow him not to miss the start of his team’s season.
A start to the season which will arrive very soon since on August 23, the Mastiffs travel to Angers, as part of the first day of Ligue 1 (3 p.m.).
