France Archives: 06/2016

Antoine Griezmann praised Olivier Giroud in France’s press conference, describing his efforts on the pitch as ‘unnoticed’ by many.

Laurent Koscielny gave a long interview to l’Equipe prior to the 2016 Euros that the English media have only just picked up, here are some bits about defensive work and positioning.

Before I start this I’m going to be honest – I couldn’t have cared less about what was going on in the world of Arsenal…

Olivier Giroud and Laurent Koscielny both featured for France as they beat Ireland 2-1 to seal their place in the quarter-finals, with Oli putting in a great shift.

Mesut Ozil and new boy Granit Xhaka have been named in the top ten best performing players at this year’s Euros so far.

Olivier Giroud will be fit to face Ireland in the last 16 of the Euros after being ‘manipulated’ by physios.

Arsene Wenger has admitted that although Paul Pogba isn’t currently meeting expectations with the France national team, his time will come.

France were held to a poor 0-0 draw against Switzerland on Sunday night but still finished top of Group A, which was the main target. Laurent Koscielny started the game and played 90 minutes.

It was all a bit quiet on the Arsenal-front on Sunday.

It was an anticlimax, but France and Switzerland both progress to the final 16 of the Euros.

Despite scoring two goals in as many games in Euro 2016, Arsene Wenger insists that Dimitri Payet hasn’t always been this consistent.

With France winning 2-0, it was the first clean sheet for the French defence in the tournament.

With France struggling, again, to score goals and relying on a late winner, it was a frustrating night for Olivier Giroud against Albania on Wednesday.

Here’s Wednesday’s news and gossip from the Goonerverse.

Although neither managed to score during France’s 2-0 win over Albania, both Olivier Giroud and Laurent Koscielny featured.

Despite watching all three of the games played on the opening Saturday of the Euros, I’d be hard pressed to tell you much about what happened in them.

All our Arsenal players, except for Hector Bellerin, have featured for their national teams in their opening matches of Euro 2016. Here’s how we think they’ve rated so far.

Speaking to The Players’ Tribune, Jerome Boateng revealed that one of his biggest inspirations was Patrick Vieira when he was at Arsenal.

With the Euros underway and Arsenal players to focus on, it seems as if the transfer gossip mill is taking a little break. In fact,…

Olivier Giroud has hit back at his critics who still think he’s a donkey despite scoring eight in his last eight games for France with a better record than Karim Benzema for his country.