A trophy to erase the misses – Giroud’s burning desire to leave Milan the right way

AC Milan have always been able to rely on Olivier Giroud at the business end of the season and Stefano Pioli hopes that will continue in the final few weeks of the current campaign.

Calciomercato.com write how Giroud, the man for crucial moments and decisive goals, is Milan’s great hope ahead of the match against Roma in the return leg of the Europa League quarter-finals.

Giroud’s story with the Rossoneri will be remembered for the brace in the derby against Inter, the winner at the Maradona against Napoli, his goal against the same opponent in the Champions League and the brace away against Sassuolo to seal the title.

The Frenchman is looking to avenge some moments too though, such as the missed penalty against Borussia Dortmund or the right-footed shot that hit the crossbar with almost the entire goal free last Thursday against Roma.

Giroud is the first to want to erase a week to forget, which culminated with the huge scoring opportunity wasted yesterday against Sassuolo. Football is strange in that way, because Milan are asking Giroud to improve in a season in which he has 13 goals and eight assists in the league.