He is back !
Nearly nine months after his last appearance in the France team, Olivier Giroud renews the thread of his history with the selection.
He will start this Friday evening in a friendly match against Côte d'Ivoire in Marseille (9:15 p.m.).
Recalled on March 19 to replace the injured Karim Benzema, the AC Milan striker will have the opportunity to get closer to the record for goals with the Blues held by Thierry Henry (51 against 46).
After the Euro, he was no longer summoned by Didier Deschamps during the three meetings in September, October and November.
“I said that Olivier would have playing time, that does not necessarily mean that he will start in both games, Didier Deschamps explained on this subject on Thursday on the eve of the meeting.
I'm going to target as many players as possible in both games to see them in action.
But Olivier will have playing time.
It remains to be seen who will complete the attacking duo.
Victim of an ENT problem, Kylian Mbappé is better.
If he were to start on the bench, however, Christopher Nkunku (Leipzig) could experience his baptism of fire against the Elephants.