Having become the top scorer in the history of the France team, Olivier Giroud shines in Qatar. At least offensively…
Remained fanny in front of goal in 2018 despite the coronation of the Blues in Russia, Olivier Giroud nonetheless delivered a solid World Cup in the imagination. Consequence of his precious defensive slaughter, on set pieces but not only. In addition to weighing on the defenses, the Savoyard had also hindered the first opponent’s recovery.
The 2022 World Cup did not start on the same basis for the Milan striker. Because if the native of Chambéry has already scored three goals, with a double once morest Australia and the liberating goal once morest Poland on Sunday, he is however much less concerned with defensive tasks according to Raymond Domenech.
Giroud defends much less than before
“To keep a low defensive block, attackers need to come back low and work defensively. If we stay high, we leave the space in the middle and that’s where we got a hole. Giroud defends a lot less than before, a lot less than in 2018. He stays there and that’s it,” he pointed, adding regarding his friends in the forward line: “Mbappé does not defend at all. Dembélé a little bit, on a few actions, he comes back and works a little bit. »
And this lack of defensive involvement has serious consequences on the balance of the Blues. ” that explains why we have a space in the middle, on the left side where we have often been caught up in space. Also because Theo is a counter-attacker. We have a spacehe continued, convinced that the Blues must defend better to go further.
