It was already a leap year.
Nicolas Sarkozy was, for a few more weeks, the tenant of the Élysée.
A little-known time for under-15s.
On February 29, 2012, the Weserstadion in Bremen hosted an enticing Germany-France friendly, a few months before the Euro.
Before this opposition, the Mannschaft had lost only one of its last twenty outings (2-1 against Australia in March 2011).
The combined injuries to Loïc Rémy and Karim Benzema redistribute the offensive cards and place Olivier Giroud at the forefront.
At the age of 25, the Isérois benefits from a limited international experience where his baptism of fire, which took place on November 11, 2011 against the United States (1-0), was just "expanded" by 19 short minutes in front of Belgium four days later (0-0).
However, his presence within the group is evident.
With the amazing Montpellier, on the path to an improbable championship title, he coaxes his statistics and demonstrates undeniable lethality in the zone of truth (already 16 goals at this stage of the season in L 1).
On the eve of the match, White, dispossessed eleven years later by… the former Gunner of the record for the oldest French scorer in the Champions League, slips in these premonitory words.
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