“Who thought you that bro?” Mesut Ozil takes credit for Olivier Giroud’s record breaking goal for France at the 2022 FIFA World Cup
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Mesut Ozil praises Olivier Giroud
Mesut Ozil cheekily claimed responsibility for Olivier Giroud’s World Cup goal, which helped him become France’s all-time leading top scorer. Mesut Ozil was overjoyed to watch his erstwhile Arsenal partner Olivier Giroud score for France on Sunday afternoon at the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
Giroud scored France’s first goal in a 3-1 victory over Poland, boosting the reigning champions into the championship’s quarterfinals in Qatar. The senior striker received a pass from Kylian Mbappe and found the bottom corner.
He surpassed France forerunner Thierry Henry as the top goal scorer, prompting Ozil to a tweet on Twitter. “Nice goal… who taught you that, bro,” he wrote alongside laughing, sunglasses, and fire emojis with a GIF of Ozil and Giroud nodding at each other on the ground when they were at Arsenal.
Ozil and Giroud were teammates at Arsenal for four and a half years, and the pair had a great rapport, assisting the Gunners in clinching three FA Cups. Mbappe’s gentle pass against Poland was inspired by the German midfielder, who regularly helped the polished striker with through-balls and passes.
Olivier Giroud becomes the all-time top scorer for France in the match against Poland
On his 117th outing for his nation, Giroud, 36, managed to give France a 1-0 advantage a little before half-time in their last-16 match at Al Thumama Stadium in Doha. Olivier Giroud was a key member of France’s World Cup-winning squad in 2018; however, in Qatar, the striker has returned the goals he missed in Russia four years earlier.
On an evening when Kylian Mbappe recorded two significant goals, Giroud etched his name in history with his 52nd goal for Les Bleus, breaking Thierry Henry’s record. The sensational 36-year-old Giroud placed France on their direction to a 3-1 victory in a last-16 tie hailed as Mbappe versus Robert Lewandowski.
“Olivier has always been an important player. Even if four years ago with the title he didn’t score – he was always important,” lauded France boss Didier Deschamps as reported by the Guardian. “He has had difficult periods. Today he is rewarded because he has often been criticized. It is not just any old record… beyond it being Thierry Henry he has beaten,”.
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