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Olivier Giroud on the ground several times during the match. Baptiste Autissier / PANORAMIC
Released before the half hour mark, the 37-year-old striker suffered from an ankle.
Didier Deschamps reuring, half-word. Rather vague to be honest. In a press conference, the French coach returned to the black point of the meeting: the injury of Olivier Giroud.
Hit in the ankle, the Milan striker left in the 26th minute of play, replaced by Marcus Thuram. “Olivier had a small ankle problem on the shot at the start of the match when he was countered, explains Didier Deschamps after the meeting. He’s tough, he grits his teeth but he was limited. There was no point in continuing.»
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Giroud reures more
“I think it’s not too serious, I’m going to do exams but already I limp much less“Explained the striker, author of a solid start to the season in the Italian championship (four goals in three days). “The clinical (situation) at the moment I speak to you is very reuring.»
Giroud felt “a shock on the astragalus, I make a bad movement, I tried to continue the match but on the changes of direction it was too difficult“.
“I had received a blow in the Champions League last season (with AC Milan) and I have a bit of a weakness at this level“, he continued. “It’s a bit of bad luck, I may have to strap the ankle to strengthen it. I haven’t been in too much pain for the past few weeks.»
But “it does not matter, he concluded, it is good to have stopped at the right time, I am rather reured by my feelings after the match.”