2023-10-09 18:23:37
Present at the meeting of the Blues in Clairefontaine this Monday, Olivier Giroud did not fail to return to the episode of his passage in the goal of AC Milan, on the lawn of Genoa in Serie A Saturday evening ( 0-1).
A short video posted on the FFF’s
“I enjoyed it,” the AC Milan striker repeats to his audience about the ten minutes he spent in the green jersey of Mike Maignan, (sent off in the 90th + 8 for a knee exit in forward on an opponent), preserving the Rossoneri’s goal lead.
“I still have a little bruise there, but it’s okay,” adds Giroud, amused, showing his elbow to his interlocutors. “All courage…”, says again, modestly, the record holder for goals scored for the Blues (54 goals). “Serenity…”, he concluded to describe the state of mind that inhabited him, when a Genoese free kick crashed into his crossbar.
Olivier Giroud talks about his stoppage with the Blues goalkeeper coach, Franck Raviot, and Guy Stéphan! ???????? pic.twitter.com/ZJWMXwhroR
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The fact remains that, largely thanks to him, AC Milan is the new leader of the Italian championship. Thanks to this victory, Milan overtook Inter and is two points ahead of its great rival, held to a draw at home by Bologna (2-2).
Pulisic scored the winning goal for Milan in the 87th minute, but Giroud had a large part in preserving this result.
His teammates were not mistaken: at the final whistle, they rushed towards the French international wearing the green jersey of his compatriot from Maignan to joyfully celebrate his performance.
On the free kick following Maignan’s foul, the ball hit the Milanese crossbar. Genoa goalkeeper Josep Martinez, who went up to try to equalize, was in turn sent off for a bad gesture on a Milan player.
Ten against ten, Genoa offered itself one last opportunity, but Giroud, bravely coming out to meet Puscas, won his duel in two stages.
“I almost made a save worthy of a goalkeeper,” Giroud said on DAZN, adding “when I was little, I liked playing goalkeeper.” “I took my courage in both hands, I threw myself at the ball without knowing what was going to happen,” he reported. I never thought I would experience this kind of emotion on this side of the field…”
Very responsive, the commercial services of the Rossonero club were quick to respond to the performance of their goalkeeper-scorer, as he announced in a press release: “AC Milan has decided to celebrate his performance by including it in our website in the section reserved for goalkeepers and for a few days, it will be possible to buy the Giroud N.9 goalkeeper jersey…”
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