Euro 2016: Germany v/s France - Olivier Giroud's gets massively trolled for his lack of pace

While the Germans dominated the first half, Antonie Griezmann scored in the first half injury time. Why Schweinsteiger felt the need to do a Boateng impersonation is anyone’s guess (but Boateng’s hand-ball was far more graceful), the major talking point was when Olivier Giroud was through in goal.

Now Giroud lacks the genuine pace and takes a little longer than most players to cover the ground so when he was through on goal, after Boateng jumped too far forward to head a goal. While Giroud was 50 yards from goal, German defender did well to eat up the ground between them before making a fine block. Giroud could’ve passed as well but didn’t but Howedes’s tackle was definitely a piece of art.

As per use, the internet had a lot to say about Giroud’s pace. Here are some of the less brutal tweets: