INDOSPORT.COM – Olivier Giroud appeared as a hero in the friendly match between AC Milan vs Panathinaikos, Sunday (15/8/21) early morning WIB.
The new recruit from Chelsea recorded brace and ensured the Rossoneri narrowly won with a score of 2-1. Meanwhile, the only goal from the opposing camp was scored by Fotis Ioannidis towards the end of the second half.
This is also the Rossoneri’s third win from six pre-season 2021-2022 test matches. Previously, they cleared Pro Sesto 6-0 and Modena 5-0.
The rest, the match ended with equally strong results against Nice 1-1 and Real Madrid 0-0. Then when facing Valencia in the Naranja Trofeo, AC Milan lost 3-5 on penalties after a 0-0 draw.
Against Panathinaikos, Stefano Pioli fielded Rade Krunic to accompany Sandro Tonali in midfield, while Franck Kessie was left out due to an injury.
At the back, a quartet of mainstays Davide Calabria, Simon Kjaer, Fikayo Tomori and Theo Hernandez protected goalkeeper Mike Maignan. Then, the position of the spearhead was occupied by Olivier Giroud.
Well, here is the sports news editor INDOSPORT present the names of the players who performed well in the AC Milan vs Panathinaikos match, including Olivier Giroud who just landed at the San Siro last July from Chelsea.
Olivier Giroud
Obviously, this one player was the hero of his team in last night’s match. Without him, AC Milan would probably be memble for not being able to score a single goal.
However, apart from goals, he also plays an important role in building the Rossoneri’s game. So far, his performance after moving to a new club is still fine.
Maybe the loyal Rossoneri fans just have to pray that the curse of number 9 will not overshadow the French player.
As is known, a series of players had a bitter story with the number 9 at this club. This sacred jersey number seems to keep failing to find the right master after being left by Filippo Inzaghi.
Of course, Giroud doesn’t want to end up at AC Milan like his predecessors namely Alex Pato, Luiz Adriano, Gianluca Lapadula, Andre Silva, Krzysztof Piatek, Mario Mandzukic, Fernando Torres, and others.
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