The 36-year veteran has also been involved with Arsenal and Chelsea but is at home in the shadow of Benzema, Mbappé and Griezmann. Giroud denied me. He still pulled out big scissors, the ball ended up just wide.
“In the beginning we had trouble getting into the rhythm, we conceded first. Two goals then helped us, we were effective. The second half was very good, we believed in each other,” Giroud said. The defending champions won their opening match for the first time since 2006.
Cut from the World Cup match Denmark – Tunisiavideo: Czech television
In the absence of Benzema’s Ballon d’Or winner, Kylian Mbappé also didn’t let himself be embarrassed, first scoring with a header and then passing to Giroud for the record-breaking goal. Then they embraced passionately as if to bury the hatchet once and for all. Just before last year’s European Championship, Mbappé was offended when Giroud criticized him for not passing his teammates…
Juventus midfielder Adrien Rabiot can also boast a goal and an assist.
“Up front, France were just fantastic. They showed their class there,” former England gunner Alan Shearer praises the Les Bleus team.
“Finally we can be satisfied with the introduction. We could have added even more goals. I really hope Lucas (Hernandez) isn’t seriously injured. We’re dedicating the match to him”, thinks Giroud of the underdog, who had to retire from the start .
“We were burned at first but then we did all we had to do. After the break we could have scored even more goals. There were a lot of good things in our game,” Didier Deschamps, manager of the champions in Portugal, told TF1. load.
“We played well in the first half, then our legs felt a bit heavy. But we can’t forget that we played against the reigning champions. We came across enormous quality. The French are world champions for a reason.” points out Australian trainer Graham Arnold.
