“Better striker overtakes worse striker”- Fans react as Olivier Giroud overtakes Thierry Henry to become France’s leading goal scorer

“Better striker overtakes worse striker”- Fans react as Olivier Giroud overtakes Thierry Henry to become France’s leading goal scorer

Giroud celebrating his goal at the 2022 FIFA World Cup

After scoring his 52nd goal for France, Olivier Giroud overtook French veteran striker Thierry Henry to become the national team’s top-scorer. Giroud has played over 118 matches for his national team and has been a constant goal-provider for the current world champions

Olivier Giroud has been in good form this season as he has already scored 3 goals in his 3 appearances in the 2022 FIFA World Cup. The 36-year-old striker has scored some of the most splendid goals throughout his career for both club and country. The prolific goalscorer also opened the match in France‘s favor at the brink of half-time against Poland.

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The World Champion tallied Thierry Henry’s record of 51 international goals earlier in this tournament and took a step ahead of Henry after his technical finish against the Polish side. Apart from his goal-scoring ability, Giroud also helped France in counter-attacks and build-up plays in the opposition’s final third.

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Giroud after scoring his 52nd goal for France

France cruised past Robert Lewandowski’s Poland in the Round of 16 of the 2022 FIFA World Cup after Kylian Mbappe scored twice and assisted Giroud’s goal. As impressive as Kylian Mbappe has been all this tournament, we should not oversee how good Giroud has been for his country in the number 9 role.

Olivier Giroud was also a crucial piece in France’s road to 2018 World Cup glory in the absence of Karim Benzema. He is still doing it all over again four years later. A very impressive stat for a footballer who didn’t receive his international cap until he was 25.

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