2023-11-07 00:00:19
PORTRAIT – Although he has just celebrated his 37th birthday, the 2018 world champion still refuses to set a retirement date.
Tuesday evening on the lawn of the melting San Siro stadium, Olivier Giroud will cross paths with Kylian Mbappé, opponent of the evening and his captain in blue, but also that of Warren Zaire-Emery, young nugget of French football expected in Didier’s list Deschamps on Thursday for the November gathering. Twenty years separate the two men: 37 years old versus 17 years old. A generational chasm. The top scorer in the history of the French team (127 caps, 54 goals) could be the father of the Parisian midfielder…
But, despite the weight of the years, the succession of meetings and maximum pressure in the face of significant challenges and a youth with assumed ambition, Olivier Giroud holds on. Loyal to the post. Indisputable starter with AC Milan (13 matches, 6 goals and 3 assists this season), and more important than ever in the selection despite strong competition (Kolo Muani, Thuram…), the native of Grenoble shows no sign of old age, even less of decline…
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