OLIVIER GIROUD missed a sitter against Poland to overtake Thierry Henry as France’s record scorer.
The striker had scored two goals at the World Cup prior to the Round of 16 clash against Poland but missed a glorious chance to put his side in front.
Ousmane Dembele rolled the ball across the face of goal for Giroud to poke in at the back post.
But a stretching Giroud did not get sufficient contact on the ball and it somehow spun wide instead of nesting into the back of the net.
Fans watching at home were stunned by the miss with one commenting: “Giroud with a shocking miss.”
Another added: “Giroud has to score there terrible miss.”
And a third said: “Awful miss from Giroud.”
In spurning his chance Giroud not only failed to give France the lead – he also missed the opportunity to become his country’s record scorer.
But later in the first half the former Arsenal and Chelsea striker made amends with a cute finish.
Kylian Mbappe played the ball into Giroud who found the bottom corner with a clever finish.
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And the goal means Giroud is now France’s all-time top goalscorer with 52 goals.
He overtakes another former Gooner in Henry who scored 51 goals for his country.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
