A theme has developed this season for AC Milan whereby only one of the forwards seems to be firing at once, and it is currently Olivier Giroud leading the way.
Today’s La Gazzetta dello Sport (via MilanNews) writes how Giroud is 36 years old and has been playing a lot this season (16 games in a row without catching his breath), but Stefano Pioli can’t do without him and used him as a starter last night against Salernitana.
After the immense physical and mental effort in London against Spurs many thought Giroud was due a rest but instead he took the field once again from the first minute and responded with a goal, albeit one that wasn’t enough for Milan to earn the three points.
Giroud is the only certainty at this moment in the attacking department as Zlatan Ibrahimovic hasn’t scored since January 2022, Divock Origi scored only against Monza and Sassuolo when the result was well known, Ante Rebic is finding very little playing time and hasn’t scored since October, while Rafael Leao is without a goal for two months.
Luckily for Pioli and Milan, Giroud continues to score and he has been helped with important goals from Theo Hernandez, Brahim Diaz and Junior Messias in the recent period too. However, there is a problem ahead of Saturday.
The Frenchman was booked last night against Salernitana and will therefore be suspended for the game against Udinese so we must see who plays in his place, and they must finally step up to the plate to reassure everyone that the team are not over-reliant on Giroud.
