Giroud, the man of heavy goals: ‘I hope to win something’

Evidently it was an evening of taboos to be neutralized. Milan who had won only one of the previous fourteen crossings with Napoli in the league, Pioli who had never beaten Spalletti and Giroud who had not yet scored in a stadium other than San Siro. It all came together, too much grace. And if the tactical hero is obviously Pioli, Giroud is the one in practical terms. If this will be a heavy goal at the end of the championship we will see it in May, meanwhile it is very heavy now because it pushes Inter back, pushes Napoli away and keeps Juve’s comeback ambitions at bay.

Mine or yours?

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It was a scratch, that of Olivier. An intuition dictated by experience when the ball started to go back and forth between the two teams and the experienced striker knows that he can take strange trajectories. Kessie tried it first, retorted. Then came the shot from Calabria. A ciabattata rather than a shot, destined abundantly to the side. Giroud observed the development of the action and made a horizontal movement behind the entire Neapolitan defense, taking himself offside just before Calabria kicked. When the ball slipped in front of him he stretched out his left foot and corrected it on the net, leaving Rrahmani and Koulibaly to look at each other in amazement and ask themselves: “But was it yours or mine?”. In the end, no one had marked him.

Experience

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Yes, the goal of experience. From area robber to Inzaghi. A goal in the noblest match that the ranking could propose, and on the other hand just take a quick look at what he scored this year to understand that Olivier goes in the hole especially when the level rises. The last four league goals have been scored against Roma, Inter (double) and Napoli. Two goals against Lazio in the Italian Cup. Then there are the others too, of course, and now Giroud has reached 11 centers of the season, becoming the best goalscorer of the Rossoneri together with Leao. Derby and Napoli: Olivier gave Milan six points against the most direct competitors for the Scudetto and this, however, will end the season, nobody will take it away from him. Now there is no longer even the slip knot that indissolubly tied it to the Meazza. If anything, there is some physical problem to investigate.

“In the right place”

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In the first half an intervention from behind Koulibaly caused a cut on his calf from which blood gushed. In the second half he hurt an ankle, which turned a bit and now will have to be evaluated. The attacker himself spoke of distortion. “Three points that are worth a lot because it was a match against a rival for the Scudetto – said Olivier at the end of the match -. It wasn’t decisive but it was important to win and it was a well-deserved victory. In the area I try to always be in the right place at the right time. And in defense we did well. I don’t want to talk about the Scudetto but we hope to win something this year. The Italian Cup, the Scudetto… We are ambitious. Now that Ibra is back, who is playing? I don’t want to think about these things. My job is also to be a big brother to young people. We have a lot of quality but every now and then we have to talk a little more. I know the importance of communicating and speaking “.