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Giroud absent from the World Cup? A heresy that Deschamps must avoid

2022-09-23T17:04:14.037Z


OPINION – Brilliant and scorer Thursday night against Austria (2-0), the veteran of the Blues is not sure to be on the plane for Qatar.


Sunday evening in Copenhagen, Olivier Giroud will perhaps play the last match of his long and rich career in the France team.

At 35, the second top scorer in the history of the Blues, again decisive and precious Thursday in Saint-Denis, has no certainty about his presence on the plane for Doha which will leave on November 16 with the champions of world on board.

From the top of his 113 selections and his 49 goals (two units from Thierry Henry), he remains in the balance in the mind of Didier Deschamps who opens the door little by little.

Without doing so much.

Question of timing.

Consistency.

And two months from the XXL meeting, everything can still change with regard to the packages in shambles which are multiplying.

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In the entourage of the Blues, everyone knows why the coach hesitates.

He himself recognizes this at length of press conferences by advancing the argument of a change of status delicate to manage, from holder before Euro 2021 to replacing behind Karim Benzema…

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Source: lefigaro

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