Olivier Giroud considered that the French team won the victory because they prevailed “mentally”

They return to the semifinals and hope to keep their crown of world champions. France managed to defeat England in the quarterfinal match of the Qatar 2022 World Cup and one of the protagonists was Olivier Giroud. The striker was happy to get his pass to the semifinals.

“It is extraordinary, we have worked very well defensively when we were ahead on the scoreboard. It reminded me of the Belgium match in 2018 (World Cup semifinals)”Giroud said.

Aurélien Tchouaméni put the defending world champions ahead with a powerful shot from outside the area (17) and equalized at the start of the second half by Harry Kane (54), converting a penalty, but Olivier Giroud scored the second for the ‘Bleus’ (78 ), minutes before the English captain sent another penalty into the clouds with which he could have caused extra time.

“Unfortunately they gave us a penalty, but we knew how to be dangerous on several occasions at the end of the game. You have to keep believing and ‘Griezi’ (Griezmann) has given me a superb ball”, added about his goal

“I am very proud, we played a great game. We knew the potential of this young English generation. They have everything. We have shown generosity and we have known how to impose ourselves mentally ”, concluded.

How was Giroud’s goal?

Olivier Giroud imposed conditions in the aerial dispute and, with a detour in Harry Maguire, decreed the partial 2-1 on the scoreboard.

The duel on the pitch at the Al Bayt Stadium in Al Khor was over 77 minutes and ‘Les Bleus’ had an opportunity from set pieces. The occasion was not well taken advantage of in the first instance, but those led by Didier Deschamps kept the ball, making a series of passes in three quarters of the field.

Finally, Antoine Griezmann managed to carve out a space on the left flank and raised a cross into the six-yard box. Although there was a numerical majority of ‘The Three Lions’ in that sector, the lone Olivier Giroud won in the aerial fight and connected with his head directly on goal.