Former professional players, connoisseurs of Ligue 1 jousts, Frédéric Piquionne and Ludovic Obraniak both praised the arrival of Olivier Giroud in Lille. The first named even compares it to the recruitment of a certain Burak Yilmaz.
It has been several seasons that the LOSC has got used to mixing youth and experience within its workforce. It is possible to appoint José Fonte, as well as Burak Yilmaz for a number 9 position. The last named was certainly younger than Olivier Giroud, with 34 years accumulated, but his experience did not prevent him from shining, in particular on his first season: 18 goals, 5 assists and a title of champion of France with the final whistle.
The recruitment of Olivier Giroud (38 years old) recalls this blow that no one had seen coming in 2020 to Frédéric Piquionne, and almost imagines him to have the same success: “The position of advanced attacker is still a position where you have fewer travel and shopping to do. With his experience, he will compensate for the passes, guide the game and the pressing.
With that, we will still serve itconsiders the one who walked the lawns of Ligue 1 up to 37 years old.
Me, I remember one (Burak) Yilmaz who performed not that long ago in Lille. With him, they ended up being sacred champions. I can see him put more than a dozen goals in Ligue 1 this year “commented the former Stéphanois in Greg's team.
Added value
Former from the Lille house, Ludovic Obraniak was not risked in this little game of comparisons. He still greets the blow by LOSC, where he imagines Olivier Giroud to have a great season. In any case, he is not worried by his age (almost 39 years old): “Starting late (as he did, Editor's note), having alternated with a replacement role, are things that add lines of life to a player. There is the hygiene of life too, the few injuries that it has been able to contract. Today, with everything that is done on the recovery market, we are able to push the limits up to 40 years »he judges.
“Olivier Giroud, I think he can still stay two to three years at the highest levelstill projects Ludovic Obraniak, now used to the little skylight. Afterwards, he can only play in teams that will have possession, which is the case with LOSC with Bruno Genesio. Olivier Giroud will be important in this desire to control by releasing spaces with small wingers, the little elves that go to 2000 per hour. I think of (Osame) Sahraoui, Tiago Santos, (Edon) Zhegrova if he remains … It will be a real added value and, anyway, LOSC never does nothing to chance. I believe it. It is the phoenix. There is no reason why it goes badly ”thus concludes the old mastiff, which will closely follow the performances of the ex-French international.
