French superstar's praise for key Aussie trait

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DOHA: French striker Olivier Giroud said that contempt a squad littered with superstars, they were good alert of the menace Australia posed - but praised the Socceroos' determination, arsenic good arsenic his team's quality to assistance aft a trying archetypal fractional an hour.

Giroud scored doubly in the 4-1 win, which for the archetypal fractional an hr was successful Australia's hands, lone to gaffe done successful disastrous fashion.

The AC Milan forward, who swapped jerseys with Jackson Irvine aft the game, was asked by Wide World of Sports astir however overmuch they were pushed by Australia successful the opening exchanges, and agreed that they had to find different gear.

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"First, we are truly bittersweet for Lucas - due to the fact that helium got injured severely connected the goal, but the shot aft was deflected and the winger (Craig Goodwin) followed good and scored a bully goal," helium told reporters.

"We shouldn't person been amazed by this commencement - we were alert astir the determination of Australia's players, they played good astatine the beginning, but astir importantly, we conscionable reacted consecutive away."

After Goodwin's well-taken decorativeness and Adrien Rabiot's equaliser, it was Giroud's pat successful that enactment the French up - and they ne'er looked back.

"It was massively important to triumph this archetypal game, we started the crippled successful not the champion mode but we've shown large squad character, and we bounced backmost consecutive distant and that was precise important," helium said.

Giroud's 2nd extremity made it 51 for his country, equalling the all-time grounds for Les Bleus, acceptable by Thierry Henry.

"Personally, I consciousness blessed to person the accidental to beryllium adjacent to Thierry Henry now," helium said.

"I conscionable effort to bring what I tin bash to the squad and erstwhile I get the accidental I ever effort to enactment it successful the backmost of the nett - and this clip I couldn't miss, due to the fact that I received large balls."

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