Things are heating up between Didier Deschamps and Olivier Giroud

He is one of the players most appreciated by French fans. However, during this Euro, the striker who has just signed with Los Angeles FC must be content with coming on in the second half, he who did not start any of the three group matches as a starter. A situation which may seem normal, given the age of the player and the form of other players like Marcus Thuram, not yet decisive during this Euro but author of a good end to the season with Inter.

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Logically, the main person concerned does not share this opinion, and sees himself as a starter, believing that he can still contribute to the team and not wishing to be satisfied with this role of complementary player in a group. He has already made it known publicly. But as indicated The teamhe’ll have to settle for this role for a while…

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Deschamps does not count on him

According to the media, Didier Deschamps even cropped the attacker. He criticized him for an obvious lack of commitment and he believes that currently, Giroud does not have the abilities to contribute to the team. For the national coach, the scorer is not able to “pull the group up”, to quote the exact words of the sports daily. A strong position which goes down badly with the player, who does not appreciate the management of his case by DD.

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The latter, for example, learned that he would not start against the Netherlands when he saw that he was not summoned to the starters’ meeting. Which clearly irritated him. However, he still intends to earn a starting place by the end of the tournament and also does not want to create too many waves or disrupt the group. Against Belgium next Monday, he should have a new opportunity, probably coming off the bench, to make Didier Deschamps lie.