{"id":293750,"date":"2023-10-09T20:24:38","date_gmt":"2023-10-09T20:24:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/?p=293750"},"modified":"2023-10-09T20:24:38","modified_gmt":"2023-10-09T20:24:38","slug":"olivier-giroud-included-in-serie-a-team-of-the-week-as-a-goalkeeper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/soccer\/olivier-giroud-included-in-serie-a-team-of-the-week-as-a-goalkeeper\/","title":{"rendered":"Olivier Giroud included in Serie A team of the week as a GOALKEEPER"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Striker Olivier Giroud surprisingly included in Serie A team of the week as a GOALKEEPER after heroics in AC Milan&#8217;s 1-0 win over Genoa<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Starting goalkeeper Mike Maignan was given a straight red card in extra time\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>As the most experienced player Giroud stepped up to the task and made saves\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Listen to the latest episode of Mail Sport&#8217;s podcast\u00a0&#8216;It&#8217;s All Kicking Off!&#8217;<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>AC Milan striker Olivier Giroud has been named in Serie A&#8217;s team of the week as a goalkeeper, after he was forced to pull on the gloves when Mike Maignan was sent off.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>France international Maignan picked up a late red card during the San Siro clash for a foul on Caleb Ekuban in stoppage time, after the club had used up all of its substitutions.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Stefano Pioli was forced to turn to one of the on-field players and Giroud was the man to don the bright green goalkeeping shirt.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Now, the striker&#8217;s last-gasp save to deny Genoa&#8217;s George Puscas has earned him a spot in goal for Serie A&#8217;s team of the week.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/09\/19\/76349755-12611871-image-a-14_1696876987327.jpg\" height=\"788\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Olivier Giroud was a surprise goalkeeping inclusion in the Serie A team of the week contest\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/09\/19\/76349947-12611871-image-a-15_1696877568335.jpg\" height=\"460\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The France striker was forced to make a big save to deny Genoa&#8217;s George Puscas<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>As well making team of the week, Giroud&#8217;s stint in goal ensured Milan took away all three points.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>America international Christian Pulisic scored the only goal of the game with a well taken finish three minutes from time.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Milan were quick to capitalise on his surprise star turn, listing the player under the &#8216;goalkeepers&#8217; section in the squad on their website, and allowing fans to buy goalkeeping kit with his name and number.<\/p>\n<p>But shortly after the decision was shared on social media, supporters flocked to snap up the shirts, and they have quickly sold out.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve never experienced that in my career and I&#8217;m proud of the whole team,&#8217; Giroud said. &#8216;We fought like lions.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The final stop? I made a great save at the end. (The stop felt) almost like a goal.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I said to myself, &#8220;Go, better to go out than stay in goal\u201d. I don\u2019t have the automatisms of a goalkeeper but I felt it that way. Puscas massacred my arm but it&#8217;s okay.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/09\/19\/76349943-12611871-Giroud_was_added_to_AC_Milan_s_goalkeeper_list_on_the_club_s_web-m-17_1696877793756.jpg\" height=\"759\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Giroud was added to AC Milan&#8217;s goalkeeper list on the club&#8217;s website and they sold a special kit<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube, Apple Music and Spotify.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12611871\/Striker-Olivier-Giroud-surprisingly-included-Serie-team-week-GOALKEEPER-heroics-AC-Milans-1-0-win-Genoa.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Striker Olivier Giroud surprisingly included in Serie A team of the week as a GOALKEEPER after heroics in AC Milan&#8217;s 1-0 win over Genoa Starting goalkeeper Mike Maignan was given a straight red card in extra time\u00a0 As the most experienced player&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":293749,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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