France 4:1 Australia: “Such an underrated player” – Nigerians react as Giroud equals Henry’s record

Reigning world champions France started their 2022 FIFA World Cup marketing campaign with a crushing 4-1 win over Australia in Qatar on matchday three.

AC Milan striker Olivier Giroud struck a brace to raise himself into the report books as additional targets from Adrien Rabiot and Kylian Mbappe sealed a convincing win for Les Bleus.

Didier Deschamps’s males, nonetheless, started the night on the again foot after Craig Goodwin gave the Australians a ninth-minute lead.

However Adrien Rabiot equalised for France barely twenty minutes later earlier than Olivier Giroud handed the defending champions the lead simply previous the hour mark.

It was Giroud’s fiftieth objective within the Blue colors, changing into solely the second participant in historical past – after Arsenal icon Thierry Henry (51 targets) – to internet half-a-century targets for Les Bleus.

PSG ahead Kylian Mbappe netted France’s third after the break earlier than Giroud claimed his second of the night to go stage with Henry as France’s most prolific striker ever.

Giroud didn’t rating a objective over the last version of the World Cup, however he was instrumental because the French romped to their second world title in 2018.

At 36, Giroud remains to be doing nice for AC Milan, having scored 22 targets in 55 appearances, profitable the Serie A title.

Regardless of the veteran striker’s brilliance for membership and nation, he’s nonetheless not thought to be certainly one of soccer’s greats.

And this has drawn reactions from Nigerian Twitter customers, with one tagging the previous Arsenal man ‘an underrated participant’.

Beneath are some Nigerians’ reactions to Giroud’s historic second and the emphatic French victory over Australia.

Each time Olivier Giroud scores, it makes me smile a lot. I’ve a lot love for Olivier Giroud man, such an underrated participant.. pic.twitter.com/4xYYZ468I3

— badboy.jeremy (@badboy_jeremy1) November 22, 2022

Chelsea legend, Didier Drogba ?️ “I believe Giroud is underrated. He’s a special sort of participant. When he performs no one actually talks about him however he scores.”#FRAAUS #WorldcupQatar2022 pic.twitter.com/2hOojGUC6A

— Ojora Babatunde (@ojbsports) November 22, 2022

Once you want a objective

Name Giroud pic.twitter.com/z3LsLBDhG1

— Naija (@Naija_PR) November 22, 2022

Thierry Henry ?Olivier Giroud.?⚽️. Identical to this tweet to understand true targets scorer.?? pic.twitter.com/8hkVU0BhUs

— sophia (@90sSophie) November 22, 2022

Good factor is that he can’t even use the ‘appears ‘ card on Olivier Giroud. https://t.co/eetzk5GK3U

— Ugbedeojo #MUFC (@Certifiedopeboi) November 22, 2022

With the win, France went straight to the highest of Group D, following the drab draw performed earlier within the day by their different group opponents, Tunisia and Denmark.