Didier Deschamps, the coach of the France team, spoke of the good start to the season for Olivier Giroud, who has already scored 5 goals in Serie A with AC Milan, at the age of 37.
Top scorer in the history of the France team (54 goals in 124 selections since 2011), Olivier Giroud will have the opportunity to improve his statistics in the coming months. The center-forward of the 2018 world champions, if he is put in competition with Randal Kolo Muani since the World Cup in Qatar, should be part of the tricolor group until Euro 2024. The Savoyard, who will celebrate his 37 years old on September 30, started the season on a high note with AC Milan (4 goals in 3 Serie A matches), which made Didier Deschamps happy.
“ It’s his merit, he has the physique that allows him, the lifestyle certainly also, the mind, he has this desire to maintain himself at a high level. He did it last season “Replied the coach on Monday at a press conference, as reported by RMC. It is true, Giroud is driven by a sacred mental force.
“There are a certain number approaching 40”
And to continue:“He is starting off on a very, very good basis. A few years ago, 35 was a bit of a limit. Today, there are a number of them close to 40. They have a different history, it is above all the fact of having fewer injuries, everything has improved in terms of preparation, medically too, this ability to be able to extend a career for a few years. But with that, you need the mind and the state of mind. Olivier has all that, it’s a very good thing.”
After having exploded during the 2011-2012 season with Montpellier, with a title of champion of France and that of top scorer in Ligue 1, Giroud was a high-quality center forward at Arsenal (from 2012 to 2017), before moving on. begin a second phase in his career, at Chelsea (2017 to 2021). Challenged by his coaches and sometimes relegated to a role of understudy for another attacker, he always knew how to respond, even after entering his thirties.
