Olivier Giroud has been forced to work overtime lately due to the injuries of Divock Origi and Ante Rebic. This evening, he will make his seventh consecutive start and that is far from ideal for the striker.
Giroud will turn 36 later this month but that certainly hasn’t been visible in the last few weeks. In the space of 23 days, the Frenchman has played seven games from start (including tonight’s clash) and that is an average of one game every 3.2 days.
He has bagged four goals and one assist in the process, asserting himself as a very important player for Milan. Tonight, he will be hoping to create a new ‘Napoli moment’ after scoring the winner in the last meeting between the two.
He will have to rely on the service of Charles De Ketelaere and Alexis Saelemaekers as Rafael Leao is serving a suspension. A strong match will be required from every player, but above all the team performance must be on top.
I wish we’d signed Giroud when he was at Arsenal….Probably the most underrated striker in world football for the last 15 years. Just a quality team player.
So do I. It’s crazy how undervalued he’s been his whole career. Until now…
At least he has backup on the bench tonight – Lazetic – may be an X factor late in the game
Yes Giroud is the man ,and yes the most underrated striker in the world ..To me he has always been one of the best …He is a very hard player to mark ,as his physical strength is so important, and he knows exactly where to be at the right time ..inside the 18 yard area he is simply the best ..Yes he has the knack of scoring the vital goals at the right time .When he starts a game we ( AC MILAN ) will very rarely lose a game ,no matter who we play against .Olivier has just got a recall to the France team for the World Cup.needs 4 more goals to be Frances record goal scorer ..Who would bet against him achieving that ,I certainly won’t..Don’t bet against against AC Milan winning the scuddeto again this season .always keep believing as Olivier GIROUD always does .I said that when AC Milan signed him ,that we would win the scuddeto which we indeed did .
It will be a difficult game tonight ,but I believe we will beat Napoli ant top the leauge .