Champions League: Olivier Giroud makes Arsenal return with Lille • FRANCE 24 English
Lille are away to Arsenal on Matchday 2 of the Champions League. Olivier Giroud is set to face his former club, where he spent five and a half seasons. Read more about this story in our article: https://f24.my/CDTS.y 🔔 Subscribe to France 24 now: https://f24.my/YTen 🔴 LIVE - Watch FRANCE 24 English 24/7 here: https://f24.my/YTliveEN 🌍 Read the latest International News and Top Stories: https://www.france24.com/en/ Like us on Facebook: https://f24.my/FBen Follow us on X: https://f24.my/Xen Bluesky: https://f24.my/BSen and Threads: https://f24.my/THen Browse the news in pictures on Instagram: https://f24.my/IGen Discover our TikTok videos: https://f24.my/TKen Get the latest top stories on Telegram: https://f24.my/TGen
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When we were teammates, first of all, a great character, a great person to have around the dressing room. And then the player. And I remember when he came in, he won the the League 1 with Montpellier. He came here and he really he really impacted the team in a very different way, like completely different profile that we were used to it. And what a career he had and definitely earned it as well. >> [music] >> We had a training session planned after the game for the players that didn't have enough minutes to get everybody the recovery day on Sunday and to get everybody in the right rhythm and and in two very unfortunate actions, we lost two players and yeah. Not great. >> [music] [music] [music] >> Yeah. >> [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] >> It's a little bit of disbelief and not feeling too much. You Those are one of the moments you don't really realize what's going on. You're just really in the moment. Uh being focused on the points you have to play, you know, and uh Yeah. I think we're now 1 [music] minute after a match, so it's It's tough to to calm down a little bit, but uh I'm [music] I'm I'm yeah. I will be very happy. >> [music]