The last time he played for the France team, last March, it was because Karim Benzema was injured. Against Côte d’Ivoire (2-1) then South Africa (5-0), Olivier Giroud had scored his 47th and 48th goals in Blue, to find himself three lengths from Thierry Henry’s record. If the Real Madrid center-forward is available, the AC Milan striker’s chances of playing in the next World Cup in Qatar seem very low.
But logically, Giroud, who will turn 36 on September 30, held an offensive speech on Sunday morning in Telefoot, on TF1. “Obviously it must be a goal, as a competitor, selectable, dropped the player with 112 selections, scorer on Saturday in the victory in the Milan derby against Inter (3-2). With the history that is mine in the France team, having the possibility of playing a third World Cup is a chance. I’m not going to say that I don’t think about it. »
The Blues, “a bonus”
“I know that the number 1 objective is daily life with Milan and the France team remains a bonus”, however added the former Montpellier player, absent from the last list for the four matches of the League of nations disputed in June.
Even if the trend clearly does not seem to be a return to Blue, Giroud has an idea in the event of a new victorious epic with the Blues. “If I am world champion for the second time, I will have to do something a little crazy… Shave my beard! It’s been a long time, it’s not far from 8 years. And why not share this bet with Karim Benzema, another bearded centre-forward?