Chelsea striker and the French voice of the Green Goblin discusses his World Cup high, how he coped with once being jeered by France fans and how being a fringe player involves patience
Five months on and Olivier Giroud still struggles to get his head around the fact he is a World Cup winner. Reality kicks in on occasion. Most obviously there was the moment on the open-top bus, crawling down the Champs Élysées in mid-July serenaded by half a million compatriots, when nine air force jets roared overhead trailing red, white and blue in their plumes and he felt “like a rock star”. He will receive a replica of the trophy any day now to sit alongside the framed photograph of his eldest daughter, Jade, kissing the real thing amid the ticker tape and pyrotechnics at the Luzhniki.
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Written by Dominic Fifield
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/dec/14/olivier-giroud-winning-premier-league-chelsea-france under the title “Olivier Giroud: ‘Winning the Premier League is my last dream as a footballer’”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
