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Olivier Giroud combined France’s away win against Ireland with a personal best by becoming the oldest player to start in an official match for the Blues.
The French team goes from victory to victory and Olivier Giroud from record to record, in the space of 24 hours. In the first show of the Euro 2024 qualifiers against the Netherlands, the Milan striker entered as a substitute in the 77th minute instead of Mwani and became the oldest player to play in an official match for the Blues, which will come on Monday evening (27). / 06) and write another record.
That’s because Didier Deschamps started him in Dublin against Ireland (0-1), putting him up front in attack, making him, at 36 years and 178 days, the oldest player to wear a starting shirt in an official representative playing squad. from his.
All this becomes even more important if one considers that he is also the leading goalscorer in the history of the French national team, as the keen striker has currently scored 53 goals in his international career.
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