Insolent flick above the goalkeeper, praline from afar: in a friendly, Olivier Giroud takes Cologne from high

Often decried and never really appreciated at its fair value, Olivier Giroud remains a great football player. He demonstrated it once again in a friendly with AC Milan against Cologne. While we had been playing for a good quarter of an hour and the score was still blank, he planted one of the goals of the weekend, being at the conclusion of a four-star collective movement.

It all starts with a ball recovery‘Before Rebic. The Croatian finds Junior Messiah on the right flank. Cleverly, the Brazilian procrastinates before finding Rebic in the box. Control, sumptuous backheel, in a jiffy, the Croatian, despite his back to the game, finds Olivier Giroudlonely on the verge of offside.

Insolent with ease, the French obliterates the goalkeeper with a perfect flick before concluding this monstrous collective movement alone in front of goal. Disgusting.

A few minutes later, Giroud will score a nice personal double thanks to a deflected long shot to give the victory to his team (1-2). This is what is called takes, from above, Cologne.