Olivier Giroud: "I have the fangs of a 20-year-old guy"

Special Envoy in Budapest,

6:48 p.m., Sunday, at the Nandor Stadium in Budapest. Olivier Giroud, mouth open in search of air under the blazing sun of the Hungarian city, sweats like hell with all the substitutes after a very extensive training session of nearly 1 hour 30 for the famous "hairdressers ". A few meters away, Karim Benzema, sitting on a ball after a few abdominal exercises, converses in a relaxed manner with Paul Pogba, Presnel Kimpembe and Kylian Mbappé the day after the disappointing draw of the Blues against Hungary (1-1). This sequence alone sums up the situation experienced by the second highest scorer in the history of the Blues in this Euro. And symbolizes the certain downgrading in the hierarchy of attackers of the France team experienced by the very recent champion ofEurope with Chelsea since the return of Benzema.

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From the top of his 34 years, 109 selections (5th most capped Blue in history, ahead of Zinédine Zidane, 6th) and 46 goals, the former Tourangeau

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