Yesterday, Milan football players managed to beat Genoa on the road with a score of 1:0, and an unusual scene happened at the end of the match when Olivier Giroud, the best striker of the “Rossoneri”, stood in the visitors’ goal.
Maignan received a red card in the 99th minute, only for the French striker to take the gloves from him and show his goalkeeping skills.
“I have never experienced this. I am very proud of the team. We fought until the end, I defended well. We were lucky with the crossbar. We fought like lions, I am also happy for the fans”, said Giroud.
At first, he was not in favor of standing in goal instead of his countryman, but it reminded him of his childhood when he was often between the posts.
“Almost, I thought it was better to go out than to be on the goal line. I don’t have the goalkeeper moves, but I had that feeling. My hands really hurt, but it’s okay,” he said and added:
“I liked to defend when I was a kid, that’s why they chose me”.
When it comes to the goalkeeper jersey from this match, the Frenchman knows what to do with it.
“I keep this jersey. I will frame him”, concluded Giroud.
