A natural 9 striker REALLY suits very well with the current Milan strategy, and when you have two very experienced players such as Ibra or Giroud, that makes great wonders in the attack, i am glad to see him having such great performance in this season.
Milan have not played to his strengths. Few crosses. Too often the ball is played to him without any supporting players close by for him to lay the ball off to or run on to it.
Milan should winning every match, why? Because they have 2 soldiers, Giroud and Zlatan. Giroud give other players link and open play. Zlatan give pressure upfront.
Giroud in the 2018 World Cup was phenomenal for the team. He allowed the entire team to excel offensively and defensively cause he was so good at holding off tackles and moving the ball so others could advance. Without him, not a single attacker or attacking midfielder would have so much freedom on the pitch.
@@proro1974 but France didn't need another creator/goal scorer. They already had too many creators and goalscorers. They already had Griezmann, Mbappe, Pogba and Digne for players who could score and create. And given that last tournament, it seems Giroud is just better for the French team than Benzema and that's almost a fact.
@@proro1974 also, if Giroud gets like 6/7 more international goals, he'll beat Henry for most goals for France. Nobody will really care about the games, all that will be noticed is Giroud being France's best finisher internationally.
I screamed at TV every time he missed chances or lost possession, now that he is gone I miss him. Selfless and criminally underrated player. --Arsenal fan
Yeah you, you are exactly the guy I hated the most from Arsenal fans. You guys were so blind on how a key player Giroud was. Arsenal's one touch passing gameplay, possession-based game only was possible with Giroud holding up front and giving midfielders free space to pass, run and goals.
Giroud is one of those players who don’t depends on stats and numbers. these kind of players you have to watch the game to understand why he is very good
Always loved Giroud, watched him in his arsenal days, and I personally liked it when he switched to Chelsea, as a fan. Glad he won the CL with us, even though he didn’t play as much but still. He’s that one guy you want to have in your team as a player.
Look up his goal v man u for arsenal, He was struggling to keep the run, bad control. Then he made DeGea look stupid with a bullet! Slow but given time he will absolutely kill you!
Makes up for lack of pace with his great movement and ability to find space, also one of the best when it comes to defending against corners. A Chelsea fan speaking and was really disappointed we ler him go.
To be honest he was decent at chelsea especially in important games. His performance against atletico in ucl during chelseas victory and that biycicle kick 👌 Giroud is just a few goals away (i think about 4) from beating thierry henry as frances top goal scorer in history
Even when he was at Arsenal i always thought he recieved unwarranted criticism. He was good in his role (target man and link up play). Many Arsenal fans slated him for not being A pacy goal scoring forward which he never was. I always thought it was a badd move by Arsenal selling him. He would have been the perfect optional forward to Auba and one who brought a different strength to the game.
As long as you have some pace in attack within the team it doesn't matter. Beckham was a wide playmaker but one of the greatest wide players of one of the greatest generations. For example you could have a number 10 that goes beyond the centre forward on the counter. Ramsey and Lampard both did that brilliantly but neither had immense pace. Quick brains trump quick legs.
All league footballers are fast. They are world class athletes. I've seen Harry Maguire play, even he is stupidly quick. Just the average person is slower. When you have correct positioning and can get past defenders, what can they do when you're running, they are only human
The man is an absolute class leader in his own lane. I was one of the non believers of his transfer to Chelsea but his unwavering positive spirit and his "For the good of the Team" selfless sacrifices made me love him more than I ever thought was possible for a former arsenal fc guy. I even followed him to Milan to see him prosper. His story is nothing short of the underdog's rise through doubt fairytale. He was the top goal scorer in the Europa Tournament and he deserved the MVP but LA Liga wanted to polish Eden Hazard for his move over there.
Olivier Giroud is 35 years old and shows no signs of finishing his career. The starting striker for world champions France, Giroud has found the key to be indispensable for his national team and a reliable back up for his clubs.
Nothing like heaven happening with giroud… he has always been this good… so sad to see players like giroud, navas, Thiago silva ( earlier not now) not getting recognition
I never wanted him to leave Arsenal. We did him dirty, Wenger not playing him enough is why he left, eventhough he never wanted to. It hurt to see him go to Chelsea. Always will be one of my favourite strikers. Much love for Olivier.
As an Arsenal fan who started supporting the club because of Thiery Henry and Viera, I would love to see Olivier Giroud break Henry's record for the French national team. The guy has done his best for every team he has played for and deserves recognition for it. I think he will get the next 4 goals in the coming world cup
I was so upset when Arsenal let him go. He's not my favorite player, and may not be a consistent goalscorer, but he makes every team better in the final third somehow. Class guy, wouldn't mind him coming back.
I like Giroud. It's not always about how many goals you scored, but more on the contribution he made on the game. He may not score or assist a lot, but he linked well with his team mates. This is more important as it's a team's sport. I'm happy he won the league title at Italy, and hoping he can continue to shine at Qatar. Go Giroud!!!
Downgrade?! Lmao what kind of Milan do you think we're talking now?! It's been 10 years now, the club has literally resurrected with many fantastic players that are wanted by top clubs like Barça with Kessie and Leao, PSG has literally made already an offer for Leao lol
@@etam8099 I love milan but still, we saw what happened in champions league this year. We gotta give them time to become great again, because they are still in development.
@@jsuisebfeu what happened in CL is really unfortunate, but i'd like to mention that 80% of that team is made of young players that had no experience in CL before, yet still gave Liverpool a run for their money, you know they ain't no joke, this season proved that even more, like you said AC Milan is still in development, but the grow or better, the reprise of it's ancient glory, it's clearly showing
Giroud is a symbol of new breed number 9 striker who prefer play as team instead play for his own glory In comparison head to head between Giroud and Falcao, almost same playing type only the difference is the team Giroud does not need others please him with good assist and good ball movement as his focus helping team while Falcao more like the team provide the good ball and chance for him and predate ball inside the box Respect for Giroud
Why Tuchel shipped him off is a mystery. As mentioned in the video,he does act more like a connecter between players especially during attacking but if people viewed solely on stats,then yeah he doesn't have the best stats especially for a striker but he does contribute a whole lot more in the build up. More than Lukaku
He is a great TEAM player he made a great assist today March 19 2022 let’s see what he can do during the international break as Benzema Is injured and will miss classeso tomorrow Benzema should always start on the national team but Giroud should always be on the team
Mbappé and Haaland, two of the most promising strikers of their generation seem to only want to play for Real Madrid. Almost every strikers/players dreams to play for Real Madrid but only a few of them make it. Benzema has been a starter in Real Madrid for more than a decade. A decade! It's not fair to compare Giroud to Benzema. It would be like comparing Piatek (good player) to Lewandowski (world class player). Arsene Wenger (former Giroud coach at Arsenal) was asked if Benzema should start for France. He answered that Benzema would be a starter for any team in the world. Ask yourself if Real Madrid ever considered Giroud to replace Benzema and if any of the clubs Giroud played for would start Benzema over him. Giroud was essential during the world cup even if he didn't score a single goal he helped his teammates to the best of his abilities and it worked out great. That being said if any coach has to chose between Benzema and Giroud, Benzema will always start (because all the coach in the world think that putting benzema on the pitch will improve their chances to win). They are just in two different leagues (It reminded me of the time some people were against Zidane coming back from retirement to play the world cup 2006 because Dhorasoo was playing great at the time). That's what happened in the french national team. As soon as Benzema came back, he started and before he was banned he spent a long time without scoring but he was still the starter in his coach mind. It says everything... There never was any competition between Giroud and Benzema in any coaches mind. (you know the guys paid millions for their knowledge and experience n football). For fans (like you) it's another story.. They could have played together though.
@@MrKLeBlanc Won't deny that Benzema and Giroud can't be compared but I asked about their importance in the national team , with Griezmann and Mbappe, Giroud is the guy suits in the run of play than Benzema, I never doubted Benzema and his importance , but there needs to be one team with 11 players not 11 best position players in one team
@@saptrishi5 Your argument doesn't work with Benzema though. Benzema is almost a playmaker. His main ability is to make his teammates shine. He can basically play with any player you throw at him. (Griezmann, Mbappé or even Giroud himself). Playing with a player like Benzema would be a dream for any striker. For example Griezmann and Benzema "speak" the same football take a look: th-cam.com/video/7GDt2sMUR3s/w-d-xo.html Mourinho amongts others said that Benzema was the most unselfish striker he's ever seen. Add to that that he can play in almost every postion in the front line and you get a very versatile player that could fit pretty much any system as well. Those are the reasons every coach during more than a decade that came to Madrid (and they always try to recruit the best ones in the world) put Benzema on the pitch as an undisputable starter even when he doesn't score much. Benzema is a striker that bring so much more to the table than goals. In short every coach play with Benzema because they all think that with him on the pitch any team will play better. He is not the type of player that would be "incompatible with others" he is the one making "the others compatible". To give you an idea during the BBC era his role on the field was compared to the role of oil in an engine. If only speaking in terms of sports, France national team will always be better with Benzema on the pitch. That's is way every French coach that had Benzema on his team played him as a starter. Although i'll extend an olive branch by saying that outside of the sports field, the whole "blackmail incident" could have impacted the way some players felt about having Benzema on the team at the time and when a player brings bad vibes in a team .It's better to do without him even if he is the best. So i agree in specific situations a team can definitely play better without one of their best players. ( a team is not the addition of the best players) but After what we've seen recently, it would be difficult to think that Benzema is a problem in the dressing room. Like i wrote before Giroud and Benzema are not in direct competition and never were because they have different profiles and can play together. the competition for Giroud in the French national team is more players like Martial, Ben yedder and now Diaby. Don't fall for the opposition made by their "fanatic fans". Giroud and Benzema could have played together and they did but if a coach has to chose to build his team around Piatek or Lewandowski, he will always chose Lewandowski. It doesn't mean that Piatek and Lewandowski can't play together...
Giroud has always been underrated
Very underrated
Kane is better tho
@@HarryKanee in ur dreams
Except in the world cup he was embarrassing. Only that time
Facts
A natural 9 striker REALLY suits very well with the current Milan strategy, and when you have two very experienced players such as Ibra or Giroud, that makes great wonders in the attack, i am glad to see him having such great performance in this season.
Doing ok but Milan not playing to his strengths
@@youtubeyoutube936 what?
Milan have not played to his strengths. Few crosses. Too often the ball is played to him without any supporting players close by for him to lay the ball off to or run on to it.
@@youtubeyoutube936 that's not really true
Milan should winning every match, why? Because they have 2 soldiers, Giroud and Zlatan.
Giroud give other players link and open play.
Zlatan give pressure upfront.
Giroud in the 2018 World Cup was phenomenal for the team. He allowed the entire team to excel offensively and defensively cause he was so good at holding off tackles and moving the ball so others could advance. Without him, not a single attacker or attacking midfielder would have so much freedom on the pitch.
@@proro1974 yeah but at that time there was stille the whole controversy with benzema in france, so giroud was the second best option
@@proro1974 but France didn't need another creator/goal scorer. They already had too many creators and goalscorers. They already had Griezmann, Mbappe, Pogba and Digne for players who could score and create. And given that last tournament, it seems Giroud is just better for the French team than Benzema and that's almost a fact.
@@proro1974 also, if Giroud gets like 6/7 more international goals, he'll beat Henry for most goals for France. Nobody will really care about the games, all that will be noticed is Giroud being France's best finisher internationally.
@@proro1974 he got 6 assist at the world Cup though, he held up the ball so griezmann could break the line
@@proro1974 yeah as if with benzema in their squad they did wonders in euros
I screamed at TV every time he missed chances or lost possession, now that he is gone I miss him. Selfless and criminally underrated player. --Arsenal fan
Yeah you, you are exactly the guy I hated the most from Arsenal fans. You guys were so blind on how a key player Giroud was. Arsenal's one touch passing gameplay, possession-based game only was possible with Giroud holding up front and giving midfielders free space to pass, run and goals.
Giroud is one of those players who don’t depends on stats and numbers. these kind of players you have to watch the game to understand why he is very good
Always loved Giroud, watched him in his arsenal days, and I personally liked it when he switched to Chelsea, as a fan. Glad he won the CL with us, even though he didn’t play as much but still. He’s that one guy you want to have in your team as a player.
Very underrated player . Giroud Op ❤️
Always been an amazing player very underrated glad people are realising how good he really is. 🔥
So underrated! Finally getting shown as the hero he has been!
When he scores just know it’s going to be a banger
Scorpion kick
Couldn't have summed it up better tbh
he was always amazing, just hasnt started a lot for chelsea. also, he broke the number 9 curse at milan
how many goals did he need to score to break the curse? and how come ibrahimovic didn't try to break it?
@@MrKLeBlanc at that point he just needed to score to break the number 9 curse haha
giroud was a great striker
very reliable but his pace is a problem
otherwise he has the technical abilities to cover up for his pace
Yet Lukaku's pace and physicality is his strong suit and floundering at Chelsea. Who would you rather as a no9 at Tuchel's Chelsea?
@@alistairdimmick2886 giroud anyday over 100m ‘7 touches’ belgian whining baby who is not INTERested to play for chelsea
Look up his goal v man u for arsenal, He was struggling to keep the run, bad control. Then he made DeGea look stupid with a bullet! Slow but given time he will absolutely kill you!
mostly right, but he does drop back to help on defense occasionally
Makes up for lack of pace with his great movement and ability to find space, also one of the best when it comes to defending against corners. A Chelsea fan speaking and was really disappointed we ler him go.
And thanks to His 2 gol against Sassuolo, we son the serie A
FORZA MILAN❤️🖤
The 2 goals against inter and the one against napoli were the most important
To be honest he was decent at chelsea especially in important games. His performance against atletico in ucl during chelseas victory and that biycicle kick 👌
Giroud is just a few goals away (i think about 4) from beating thierry henry as frances top goal scorer in history
If mbappe keeps it up, he'll be frances best player of all time.
@@BMJgunner , No , he won't.
underrated player for sure. as a chelsea fan i always admired him. i believe there's still more to come from him.
Even when he was at Arsenal i always thought he recieved unwarranted criticism. He was good in his role (target man and link up play). Many Arsenal fans slated him for not being A pacy goal scoring forward which he never was. I always thought it was a badd move by Arsenal selling him. He would have been the perfect optional forward to Auba and one who brought a different strength to the game.
Would’ve loved to see him next to Auba
I agree with u 100%
Really miss him at Arsenal. Loved his hold up play and technical abilities.
Me too.
But everyone wanted some killer + fast striker... so we went for Laca..
TBH I think Giroud is better than Laca.
Those delusional arsenal fans who think Lacazette has better hold up play whole scoring a lot less than Giroud
One of the most underrated players of the generation
Except pace he has everything good
Strikers actually dont need pace in good setup, wingers have to be pacy
As long as you have some pace in attack within the team it doesn't matter. Beckham was a wide playmaker but one of the greatest wide players of one of the greatest generations. For example you could have a number 10 that goes beyond the centre forward on the counter. Ramsey and Lampard both did that brilliantly but neither had immense pace. Quick brains trump quick legs.
Including a handsome face!
All league footballers are fast. They are world class athletes. I've seen Harry Maguire play, even he is stupidly quick. Just the average person is slower. When you have correct positioning and can get past defenders, what can they do when you're running, they are only human
The man is an absolute class leader in his own lane.
I was one of the non believers of his transfer to Chelsea but his unwavering positive spirit and his "For the good of the Team" selfless sacrifices made me love him more than I ever thought was possible for a former arsenal fc guy.
I even followed him to Milan to see him prosper.
His story is nothing short of the underdog's rise through doubt fairytale.
He was the top goal scorer in the Europa Tournament and he deserved the MVP but LA Liga wanted to polish Eden Hazard for his move over there.
Thoroughly enjoyed watching him at Chelsea. His link up with Hazard, Pedro and Emerson was next level.
and look at his first performance of this world cup, wow
Giroud is the embodiment of professionalism. Reliable striker, good as a starter or sub, and can lead in dressing room or training pitch.
Always professional mentality. Salute
He was my favorite player on Arsenal when I had time to watch again. Miss him to this day
Watching all the way from 🇳🇦
who is here after they won the scudetto with Olivier Giroud Brace to make it 11 goals
He is Brilliant
Selling Giroud only to replace him with lukaku was the biggest downgrade in our history
Would the Giroud over Lukaku in Tuchel's system
@@alistairdimmick2886 English?
@@markusionescu3957 Would take*
I love his heading ability. Even from fifa 14 to fifa 18 i always defeated my friends and other players with heading by Giroud.
One of the under rated forward ,Played for Arsenal Fc, Chelsea Fc and now Acmillan And
He's always been amazing. People don't use him regularly
Loved him at Chelsea. He's a Chelsea legend IMO.
That bicycle kick v Atletico is forever down in history!
This is an example what consistent is all about...
Please make What the heaven happened to Kepa Arrizabalaga.
😂
Giroud is way faster than Mbappe
Facts bro ur 100% right
I agree
Cognitively
Olivier Giroud is 35 years old and shows no signs of finishing his career. The starting striker for world champions France, Giroud has found the key to be indispensable for his national team and a reliable back up for his clubs.
Happened that he won Serie A and Milan top scorer.
Giroud is "sometimes" better for the french team than benz.
If you are loved by both chelsea and arsenal fans. You are a king
Always has been goated man has always been the craziest super sub in the world and only scores bangers
I love him and I always will
Nothing like heaven happening with giroud… he has always been this good… so sad to see players like giroud, navas, Thiago silva ( earlier not now) not getting recognition
He’s always been a good striker. A great option for any team and honestly he plays the number 9 exactly how it’s supposed to be played.
One of the best striker. 💙
UNDERRATED AFFFFFFF! legend
He has always being a good player...the Italian league slow tempo also suits him.
I am amazed just to see how good and kind hearted giroud is
What the hell is happening to Jan oblak
What's happening is he's getting played he's world class him and benzema to of the most underrated strikers ever
The most patient player. I never someone like him. Underrated. What a goal poacher
Loved him at Chelsea I always liked him there
I never wanted him to leave Arsenal. We did him dirty, Wenger not playing him enough is why he left, eventhough he never wanted to. It hurt to see him go to Chelsea. Always will be one of my favourite strikers. Much love for Olivier.
One of the most underrated striker!
He's one of my favorite strikers, lol I named my dog (Ollie) after him. He's an excellent hold up/link up player.
Next,
What the hell happened to Bernt Leno?
And now a contender for the golden boot FIFA World Cup 2022.
I was waiting for it ❤️🖤
You've got to remember his world cup performance.... Or is he that underrated?
Yes! Very under-rated. Salute Olivier Giroud!
As an Arsenal fan who started supporting the club because of Thiery Henry and Viera, I would love to see Olivier Giroud break Henry's record for the French national team. The guy has done his best for every team he has played for and deserves recognition for it. I think he will get the next 4 goals in the coming world cup
I love Giroud.. thank you... Forza Milan.
❤🖤❤🖤❤🖤❤
Champions league would not have been possible without you thank you for ro16 goal vs atelitico
I was so upset when Arsenal let him go. He's not my favorite player, and may not be a consistent goalscorer, but he makes every team better in the final third somehow. Class guy, wouldn't mind him coming back.
He was always been reliable at Chelsea. Sad they didn't use him much.
I like Giroud. It's not always about how many goals you scored, but more on the contribution he made on the game. He may not score or assist a lot, but he linked well with his team mates. This is more important as it's a team's sport. I'm happy he won the league title at Italy, and hoping he can continue to shine at Qatar. Go Giroud!!!
He is far better than lakkakka 💯
Giroud has always been incredibly good and incredibly underrated at the same time.
Story of his career, basically.
Want my top 10 strikers ?
Lewandowski
Benzema
Salah
Haaland
Ronaldo
Kane
Morata
Giroud
Dolberg
Jota
Currently top 10 strikers?
@@Shermerhorn yup
Salahs not a striker but you could add him there
No offense or anything but I would prob choose haller for morata
Ma man said morata,......
A champion never dies
He’s so underrated
I miss the time when moving from Chelsea to a team like Milan was more like an upgrade than a downgrade...
Milan's on the right track to become one of the best once again though !
Downgrade?! Lmao what kind of Milan do you think we're talking now?! It's been 10 years now, the club has literally resurrected with many fantastic players that are wanted by top clubs like Barça with Kessie and Leao, PSG has literally made already an offer for Leao lol
@@etam8099 I love milan but still, we saw what happened in champions league this year. We gotta give them time to become great again, because they are still in development.
@@jsuisebfeu what happened in CL is really unfortunate, but i'd like to mention that 80% of that team is made of young players that had no experience in CL before, yet still gave Liverpool a run for their money, you know they ain't no joke, this season proved that even more, like you said AC Milan is still in development, but the grow or better, the reprise of it's ancient glory, it's clearly showing
He broke the no 9 Milan shirt curse. Amazing
Giroud has always been deadly.
Fun fact: Giroud once went an entire 90 minute game without touching the ball
I bet lots of strikers have done that
That seems like fault of his teammates as he is a pure 9 and needs to be fed ⚽️
He should be on the top of the Summer Transfer list for Newcastle Utd next year! Is exactly what we need to kick start the revolution next year!
I feel sorry for him. He should proove himself everytime. The chels love you giroud. 💙
Giroud is a symbol of new breed number 9 striker who prefer play as team instead play for his own glory
In comparison head to head between Giroud and Falcao, almost same playing type only the difference is the team
Giroud does not need others please him with good assist and good ball movement as his focus helping team while Falcao more like the team provide the good ball and chance for him and predate ball inside the box
Respect for Giroud
Why Tuchel shipped him off is a mystery. As mentioned in the video,he does act more like a connecter between players especially during attacking but if people viewed solely on stats,then yeah he doesn't have the best stats especially for a striker but he does contribute a whole lot more in the build up. More than Lukaku
I loved Giroud at Chelsea. Felt bad when he left.
he is not the fastest or most skillful but with what he has he has excelled more than most with better attributes than him
As a Arsenal fan I loved him he was a propa team player. To be honest I’d have him back again cuz of his link up play.
The man is a beast!
Giroud is so good but never gets played man so sad
He broke the curse of ac's number 9
oliver giroud really one of the class striker
Underrated player and his team always do not pass the ball to him.. very2 sad
He is most effeciant in first touch and header 👌👌
We Chelsea fans still miss him. Just today he helped France to beat Ivory Coast. The quintessential pro.
Title seems a little misleading because nothing is really happening besides success lol, it’s posed as clickbait imo.
Nice update on him though
He is a great TEAM player he made a great assist today March 19 2022 let’s see what he can do during the international break as Benzema Is injured and will miss classeso tomorrow Benzema should always start on the national team but Giroud should always be on the team
I thought this man career died. 💀💀
@@MMXKHXCP ass
Great player
France has better results with Oliviera Giroud then Benzema change my mind
They definitely have more balance with Giroud than with Benzema.
With Giroud the wingers play better, but you can't deny benzema has been great for France and is more prolific then giroud
Mbappé and Haaland, two of the most promising strikers of their generation seem to only want to play for Real Madrid. Almost every strikers/players dreams to play for Real Madrid but only a few of them make it.
Benzema has been a starter in Real Madrid for more than a decade. A decade!
It's not fair to compare Giroud to Benzema. It would be like comparing Piatek (good player) to Lewandowski (world class player).
Arsene Wenger (former Giroud coach at Arsenal) was asked if Benzema should start for France. He answered that Benzema would be a starter for any team in the world.
Ask yourself if Real Madrid ever considered Giroud to replace Benzema and if any of the clubs Giroud played for would start Benzema over him.
Giroud was essential during the world cup even if he didn't score a single goal he helped his teammates to the best of his abilities and it worked out great.
That being said if any coach has to chose between Benzema and Giroud, Benzema will always start (because all the coach in the world think that putting benzema on the pitch will improve their chances to win). They are just in two different leagues (It reminded me of the time some people were against Zidane coming back from retirement to play the world cup 2006 because Dhorasoo was playing great at the time).
That's what happened in the french national team. As soon as Benzema came back, he started and before he was banned he spent a long time without scoring but he was still the starter in his coach mind. It says everything...
There never was any competition between Giroud and Benzema in any coaches mind. (you know the guys paid millions for their knowledge and experience n football).
For fans (like you) it's another story..
They could have played together though.
@@MrKLeBlanc Won't deny that Benzema and Giroud can't be compared but I asked about their importance in the national team , with Griezmann and Mbappe, Giroud is the guy suits in the run of play than Benzema, I never doubted Benzema and his importance , but there needs to be one team with 11 players not 11 best position players in one team
@@saptrishi5 Your argument doesn't work with Benzema though. Benzema is almost a playmaker. His main ability is to make his teammates shine. He can basically play with any player you throw at him. (Griezmann, Mbappé or even Giroud himself). Playing with a player like Benzema would be a dream for any striker.
For example Griezmann and Benzema "speak" the same football take a look: th-cam.com/video/7GDt2sMUR3s/w-d-xo.html
Mourinho amongts others said that Benzema was the most unselfish striker he's ever seen. Add to that that he can play in almost every postion in the front line and you get a very versatile player that could fit pretty much any system as well. Those are the reasons every coach during more than a decade that came to Madrid (and they always try to recruit the best ones in the world) put Benzema on the pitch as an undisputable starter even when he doesn't score much. Benzema is a striker that bring so much more to the table than goals.
In short every coach play with Benzema because they all think that with him on the pitch any team will play better. He is not the type of player that would be "incompatible with others" he is the one making "the others compatible". To give you an idea during the BBC era his role on the field was compared to the role of oil in an engine.
If only speaking in terms of sports, France national team will always be better with Benzema on the pitch. That's is way every French coach that had Benzema on his team played him as a starter.
Although i'll extend an olive branch by saying that outside of the sports field, the whole "blackmail incident" could have impacted the way some players felt about having Benzema on the team at the time and when a player brings bad vibes in a team .It's better to do without him even if he is the best. So i agree in specific situations a team can definitely play better without one of their best players. ( a team is not the addition of the best players)
but After what we've seen recently, it would be difficult to think that Benzema is a problem in the dressing room.
Like i wrote before Giroud and Benzema are not in direct competition and never were because they have different profiles and can play together. the competition for Giroud in the French national team is more players like Martial, Ben yedder and now Diaby. Don't fall for the opposition made by their "fanatic fans". Giroud and Benzema could have played together and they did but if a coach has to chose to build his team around Piatek or Lewandowski, he will always chose Lewandowski. It doesn't mean that Piatek and Lewandowski can't play together...
I'm pretty sure that i saw that video but in french in another channel or on snapchat it's just a copy with like 90% of the same image ...
The Scorpion King. Always been underrated but he is a serial winner, and happens to come up clutch many times.
As a Chelsea fan,i am very happy for him
One of the best strikers in the world
Giroud is no where near benzema circumstances make Benz did of to wait out but now he’s back and doing fantastically great
i loved giroud back then
His goals per 90 minutes have always been very good