Milan, Giroud wants to take the Scudetto and the World Cup

It is striking the way, the gesture, the answer to the question “how did Giroud score against South Africa?”. For those who have not seen it: flash from a real tip. Manifesto of the center forward. Olivier checked a running through in no time, spun around, jumped two opponents, feinted and put it in. Ring from chapeau for the Milan and France striker, two goals in the last two matches against South Africa and Ivory Coast. The beauty is that after the flop at the European Championship he had disappeared from Deschamps’ list. Now he is getting closer and closer to catching Henry as the best striker on the national team. Titì is first with 51 goals, Olivier chases to 48.

In Milan

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Credit goes to AC Milan obviously, because if Deschamps called him back he owes it to the good performance with the Rossoneri, currently top in the standings and in the running for a Scudetto that has been missing for eleven years. Giroud has been playing the starter since February 5th due to Ibra’s stop and the absence of a third striker. The young Lazetic, who arrived in January from the Red Star, is still late in condition. Don’t worry though, there is Olivier, the striker with heavy goals. In his career he has scored in bursts, from the Cup finals with Arsenal to 21 flashes with the French champion Montpellier ten years ago. Now he makes Milan happy: in the last two months he has scored two goals for Inter, as many for Lazio in the Cup and one for Napoli, without counting the assists against Salernitana and Empoli. Eleven games as a starter in less than sixty days, 4 of these without ever leaving the pitch, the last two with France. Giroud is 35 and working overtime, but he doesn’t seem to be a burden.

And in Qatar?

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Now France. The average goal in the national team is slightly higher than that of Titì, 51 goals in 123 games (0.41). Giroud put in 48 in 112 (0.42). He is the fifth player with the most appearances in the selection. The two goals scored in the latest outings – the first on Theo’s assist – put a flea in Deschamps’s ear ahead of the World Cup in Qatar, scheduled between November and December. Giroud has played two so far: the first in 2014, a goal in 5 games and France out in the quarterfinals with Germany, the last in 2018, world champion without ever shooting on goal. A case that led to the title. Despite the age of 35 and a center forward like Benzema in the role of him, Olivier has shown that he still knows how to sting. Above all thanks to Milan and the work of Pioli. In the Rossoneri he broke the curse of the number 9, a sword of Damocles so big on the shirts of all the Rossoneri strikers who arrived after Inzaghi. Now he is aiming for the Scudetto and the World Cup. He wants to take everything.