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Olivier Giroud (37-AC Milan, pictured), who holds the French national soccer team's record for most goals in an A-match, was named to the Best 11 as a goalkeeper instead of a striker.
On Monday, the Italian professional soccer league's Serie A secretariat announced its Best 11 for the eighth round of the 2023-2024 season, and Giroud was named as a goalkeeper. This season, Giroud has scored four goals in seven league games, despite being in his late 30s. Last season, he finished seventh in the league with 13 goals. Giroud has scored 54 goals in 125 caps for France.
A target-oriented, orthodox striker, Giroud's best performance of the round came in an eight-minute stint in goal against Genoa on Aug. 8. Giroud came off the bench in the 21st minute of that game as a frontline striker. AC Milan were up 1-0 in stoppage time when starting goalkeeper Mike Mignolet was sent off. He hit an opponent with his knee while contesting a ball.
The problem was that AC Milan had already used up their five substitute cards, so they handed Menezes' goalkeeping gloves and jersey top to Giroud. There were 15 minutes of stoppage time later in the day, 카지노사이트랭크 and Giroud was in goal for eight of them. In the final minute of regulation, Giroud flew out of the way of an opponent's shot on goal with his eyes tightly closed.
"I think they put me in goal because I'm the tallest (193 centimeters)," Giroud said after preserving the one-goal victory. "When I stopped them, it was just as exciting as when I scored a goal." 고스톱