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Rather than paying tribute to him, Johan Micoud did not hesitate to scratch Olivier Giroud after the latter announced his international retirement.
Olivier Giroud will soon no longer be a member of the France team. The native of Chambéry has just announced that after a thirteen-year career with the Blues, he was going to end his international career. Euro 2024 will be his last competition with his country.
He prefers Trézeguet to Giroud
This announcement, made through an interview given to The Team, sparked a wave of tributes. Many observers and fans of the selection were quick to salute his career and take their hats off for everything he achieved in Blue. But it wasn’t all compliments.
Johan Micoud, the former French international, was for example very harsh towards him, declaring that he is certainly not one of the legends of the France team. “Trézeguet will have had a greater impact on people’s minds for me than Olivier Giroud, he declared on the L’Equipe channel. Giroud, the only goal I remember of him is the one he scored against England at the 2022 World Cup. It’s huge, but if we compare with Trézeguet, it’s a title that he offers. This goal, you will get the Cup. So obviously, that has another weight.”
Giroud is condemned to divide
His goals record passed over in silence
A different weight especially for Micoud, since he was part of this Euro 2000 and it is his only consecration with the France team. The judgment may be somewhat biased.
Micoud may also have forgotten that Giroud is today the top scorer in the history of the France team. With 57 achievements, he is far ahead of all the others. And above all far ahead of Trézeguet, who only has 34 pawns.
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