This Monday, October 9, the A series announced the best players of the eighth day. Although several footballers stood out in their positions, such as Lukaku, Paredes, Spinazzola; among others, one caught a lot of attention. Is about Olivier Giroudwho was chosen as the goalkeeper of the day, after his incredible performance between the three sticks in the match against Genoa. Of course, the fever for the French striker is increasing more and more, to the point that his club began selling his jerseys in a special edition as a goalkeeper and including him in the list of goalkeepers on his website. .
It was the organization of the Italian tournament that dealt with great detail with the attacker, after his great stop with AC Milan, the same one that saved the ‘Rossoneros’ in the last minute. For this reason, the image of the 37-year-old player placing himself between the three sticks after the expulsion of Mike Maignan did not take long to go around the world.
The duel against Genoa (1-0), which also ended with the local goalkeeper sent off, the Spanish Josep Martínez, was decided by a goal from the American Christian Pulisic in the final stages. Be careful, the French forward, although placed between the sticks, shares eleven with other great highlights of the day such as the Belgian Romelu Lukaku, the Brazilian Reinier, the Uruguayan Matías Vecino or the Argentines Leandro Paredes, Matías Soulé and Valentín ‘Taty’ Castellanos.
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The special shirt for Giroud
To commemorate this historic performance, the AC Milan decided to pay an emotional tribute to the French striker. In an unprecedented move, the club included Giroud in the official list of goalkeepers on their website, placing him in the goalkeeper position and giving him the number ‘9’.
In addition, Milan announced news that will excite the club’s followers and admirers of Giroud. From now on, fans will have the opportunity to purchase Giroud’s goalkeeper jersey and personalize it with the number ‘9’ and his name, allowing them to take with them a piece of this memorable history.
The duel, which also ended with the goalkeeper Genoa expelled, the Spanish Josep Martínez, decanted it a bit from the American Christian Pulisic in the final bars.
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