Didier Deschamps chose to summon the attacker who he had no longer appealed since the elimination of the euro 2021.
Le Monde with AFP
“It remains, as he knows, obviously selectable and available to the France team”. The remarks of Olivier Giroud by Didier Deschamps, the coach of the France football team, presenting, Thursday, March 17, his list of players selected for two preparatory friendly games for the World Cup (facing the Côte d’Ivoire on March 25, then South Africa, on March 29) had mostly been interpreted as a polite way to justify the attacker’s persistent distance.
But, finally, this little sentence finds his full translation: Olivier Giroud was called, Saturday, March 19, to join the Blues early next week after the announcement of the Karim Benzema injury package, touched on the left calf .
At 35 years old, Olivier Giroud (110 selections, 46 goals), which today evolves in the club in the Italian championship had no longer appeared with the national selection since the Euro 2021 and elimination in the round of 16 Faced with Switzerland. The center of AC Milan has so far realized a relative “big” season: he registered eight goals in twenty games and helped place the Rossoneri at the top of the championship. “It marks goals and it’s good for his club. Afterwards, I have choices to do”, had assured Didier Deschamps on Thursday, March 7, while adding: “I know very well what Olivier is capable”.