World Cup Star Players #3 Olivier Giroud

arfa (61)in #sport • 6 years ago

Although the number of goals many in the national team, but the calling of Giroud by Didier Deschamps had made many people wonder. The reason, this 31-year-old man pulled up other more popular names such as Alexandre Lacazette, Karim Benzema, and Anthony Martial.

However, only Giroud is a pure striker in keeping with the Deschamps scheme, considering he is a typical number 9 player that is as good at the bottom ball as well as the top balls. When compared with the three attackers who were eliminated, Giroud is better.

This is also as Giroud stats this season with his club. Based on data from WhoScored, in the English Premier League 2017/2018 Giroud averages won 3.5 air duel per game. Meanwhile, from his 3 goals at Arsenal this season, one left-footed and two-header, while 4 goals in Chelsea are evenly split between left leg and header.

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That statistic that may underlie Deschamps decision to enter Giroud into the World Cup squad. Therefore, the existence of Giroud on the front line is believed to complement Les Bleus death trident. Most likely Giroud will be flanked by Kylian Mbappé and Antoine Griezmann, or paired with Mbappé and underpinned by Griezmann or Nabil Fekir as in the friendly match of the Republic of Ireland counter.

Having a player like Giroud is very important for teams that play in short tournaments like the World Cup. Although the movement is static, but a typical attacker like Giroud can be an ace through his high posture (192 centimeters) and experience he has.

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Even so, calling Giroud is also not without risk. Giroud's collection of goals this season is very little in the domestic league, only 7 goals from two clubs that reinforced, Arsenal and Chelsea. That number is the terminual since the career in the highest caste. Previously Giroud can always score more than ten goals per season, even had scored 21 goals when bringing Montpellier champion Ligue 1 season 2011/2012.

At the age of 31 years, the 2018 World Cup will probably be Giroud's last World Cup. With the abundance of talented French talent every year, it will be very difficult for Giroud to return to be trusted as a team knocker at the World Cup in 2022, when he was 35 years old.