Olivier Giroud’s rant this Saturday, towards the referee of the match between Lecce and AC Milan (2-2, 12th day of Serie A), earned him his expulsion. The penalty could be very heavy.
Olivier Giroud’s afternoon was particularly mixed on Saturday. While his AC Milan team traveled to Lecce (2-2), the French striker first opened the scoring for his team at the half-hour mark, on a serve from Théo Hernandez. Then the Rossoneri doubled the lead and led until the sixty-sixth minute, before gradually losing control… And their nerves. Caught up in the score, Olivier Giroud and his team piled up the cards in the last minutes of the match. The 2018 world champion was even expelled and is under threat of serious sanction.
Starting point for Olivier Giroud’s sudden burst of blood, an opposing hand, forgotten according to him by the referee at the moment when the latter offered a free kick to Lecce. The Frenchman then got very angry and came to argue sharply with Mr. Abisso. The latter then ordered him to calm down and sanctioned him with a yellow card. Not enough to bring Olivier Giroud back down under pressure, since the latter once again addressed some salty words to the referee. Enough this time to collect a red card.
“Disrespectful behavior”
In today’s edition, The Team returned to the incident and the probable consequences that Olivier Giroud will have to face. The daily thus recalled that the Frenchman should be sanctioned for “ disrespectful behavior“. If the scale set up by the regulations is applied and Mr. Abisso stipulates it in his post-match report, the Milanese could receive a four-match suspension. A sidelining that could seriously harm him and his team.
Even if he scored the fortieth goal of his career in the colors of AC Milan, at the same time as his hundredth appearance in the red and black jersey, Olivier Giroud must now cross his fingers and hope not to be sanctioned too heavily for this outburst of anger.
