Hard to make him more proud.
Thanks to a double scored this Wednesday night against Ukraine (7-1), Olivier Giroud became the second highest scorer in the history of the France team with 42 units.
He overtook Michel Platini (41) and approached the record of Thierry Henry (51).
All the night of his hundredth selection and a first as captain of the Blues.
At a press conference, the 34-year-old Chelsea striker confides in his immense happiness, he who is expecting a fourth child, as he showed on his celebration of the second goal.
An achievement registered against Ukraine, whose coach Andrei Shevchenko, the 2004 Ballon d'Or, is Giroud's idol.
How did you feel during your two goals?
OLIVIER GIROUD.
A lot of pride.
I thought of Platini when I scored.
It is the event that makes it even more beautiful.
Everything was in place to make it a beautiful evening.
I'm not the type to think too much.
I'm not going to think negative.
I only keep the best.
It makes me want to move on and relive this kind of evening.
Are you now aiming for Thierry Henry and this record of 51 goals?
You know me
(smile)
.
It is not for me to announce that I will overtake another football legend.
I will take it step by step.
Of course, if I stay on this pace, I'm optimistic to get as close as possible to him.
We'll see.
We're still talking about nine goals to score ...
What did Didier Deschamps tell you when you left the field?
He criticized me for not having put a hat-trick on the corner just before.
He is very protective, is emotional and communicative.
With him, everything is very transparent, straightforward.
He has little attentions which give pleasure.
I discovered a person who trusted me and always supported me.
If he's still there, it's because he's a great coach.
What did you think of the game animation in this 4-4-2 diamond system?
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I found that we had a lot of solutions to combine between the lines and in the axis.
But without a lane player, we hardly neglected the side, especially on the right where there were fewer centers than on the left.
We have to find a balance.
It is conclusive, satisfying, with these goals, these opportunities.
We could have avoided conceding a goal but we recovered and we scored three more.
Defensively, we have to readjust certain things and not let the opponent come out so easily.
But we're not going to be choosy, we're very happy.
