France

France manager Didier Deschamps has backed Arsenal’s Olivier Giroud to continue scoring goals for Les Blues.

Atletico Madrid and France striker Antoine Griezmann paid tribute to Arsenal’s Olivier Giroud after his hat-trick on international duty.

Olivier Giroud continued his impressive goal-scoring form for France with a hat-trick during their 5-0 international friendly win over Paraguay on Friday evening.

Something that has remained in tact this season, no matter what was being written about him in the press, is Didier Deschamps’ unwavering faith in Olivier Giroud.

Olivier Giroud recently became France’s 10th highest goalscorer but the striker insists he doesn’t plan on stopping there.

Karim Benzema has decided that the best way to get back at Olivier Giroud for taking his place in the France national team is to get petty.

Alexis Sanchez, Laurent Koscielny, Olivier Giroud, Mohamed Elneny, David Ospina, Joel Campbell and Ainsley Maitland-Niles have all been in action for the respective countries.

Olivier Giroud got on the scoresheet twice for France as they beat Luxembourg on Saturday night.

Mesut Ozil has been left out of yet another shortlist, this time Uefa’s 40-man shortlist for 2016 team of the year.

It seems that former Arsenal man, Samir Nasri, remains unconvinced by Olivier Giroud, despite the striker having a solid Euro 2016 tournament.

Didier Deschamps has admitted that he might not start Olivier Giroud against Sweden as the striker isn’t 100% fit.

Tottenham goalkeeper, Hugo Lloris, has apparently dubbed Laurent Koscielny as one of the best defenders in the world.

Olivier Giroud, Shkodran Mustafi and Nacho Monreal have all received call-ups ahead of the international break next week.

Former France international, Christophe Dugarry, had high praise for Arsenal’s centre back, Laurent Koscielny recently, calling him the ‘real leader’

Real Madrid defender, Raphaël Varane, hailed Laurent Koscielny’s contribution to France’s 1-0 win over the Netherlands on Tuesday night.

Laurent Koscielny came under all sorts of scrutiny for a hand ball which wasn’t really a hand ball during Arsenal’s 1-0 win against Burnley and now it’s happened again.

It turns out that Laurent Koscielny was actually crucial for France’s one and only goal against the Netherlands on Monday night.

Granit Xhaka captained Switzerland for the first time during his country’s 2-1 win over Andorra on Monday night.

Laurent Koscielny played the full match for France as they beat Bulgaria 4-1 in their World Cup qualifying game.

Laurent Koscielny hailed his France teammate, Lyon striker Nabil Fekir, while away on international duty.