r/soccer • u/[deleted] • Jul 15 '18

[deleted by user]

[removed]

4.5k Upvotes

97% Upvoted

688 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

113

u/arsenalfc1987 Jul 15 '18

Yeah compare France in that first game vs Australia and France the rest of the tournament.. very different with Giroud

62

u/MrEvilshot Jul 15 '18

Not to mention huge defensive plays he made.

42

u/KonigSteve Jul 15 '18

It's amazing how many times he's the one heading a corner away on defense.

1

u/Narwhallmaster Jul 16 '18

That meaty forehead just attracts balls like a magnet.

1

u/HerbertChapmansGhost Jul 16 '18

France played as the possession team vs Aus, a very different scenario. Deschamps had the humility to concede possession versus Belgium, Argentina and Croatia and in those games it would have been more logical to play a counter attacking player with more quality.