Argentina-France: Furious reaction of Olivier Giroud after his early exit to the final

The Blues drifted, and he paid the price. The first period of this World Cup final between France and Argentina is over, and the defending champions are already losing 2-0 after goals from Lionel Messi and Angel Di Maria. In an attempt to revitalize his team underwater, Didier Deschamps decided to make two very early changes. And the coach of the “blues” to indicate in the 41st minute Olivier Giroud and Ousmane Dembele at the beginning of the penalty awarded to the Argentines, to leave the lawn in favor of Marcus Thuram and Randal Colo Muani.

The two men complied without showing much disappointment as they left the lawn. But once on the bench, Olivier Giroud gave vent to his disappointment. The tricolor centre-forward, who scored four goals in this competition, grabs a water bottle and hurls it furiously at the edge of the Lusail Stadium turf. Several photographs taken by photographers from around the field show drops of water rising into the air immediately after impact.

An anger that we don’t know whether it was directed at Didier Deschamps’ choice or at his and his partners’ terrible start to the match strikes someone who, at 36, is playing his third World Cup with France. In the quarter-finals, his header against England broke the Blues in half.

“We got through it. We expected this, the players have been warned. We had no relationship, no defendant, we are losing 2-0, there is one period left. It will take a lot of other things to be able to excite them, get back to the score and fight, – regretted Didier Deschamps at the TF1 microphone at half-time. They did indeed play the World Cup final, unfortunately that was not our case.