During this break while the national teams are playing, AC Milan managers and coach can smile as they have good reason to expect a highly in-form Olivier Giroud.
The French centre-forwar who replaced Karim Benzema in the squad sheet is now 4 goals away from breaking Thierry Henry's record with the national team. In the last game against Ivory Coast, he scored off a great cross from Theo Hernandez.
La Gazzetta dello Sport in today's print edition discussed the former Arsenal and Chelsea star and wrote that he will continue to be of great help to Milan for the remainder of the season obviously and he will be motivated to finish the campaign in the best way possible in order to earn a place in the squad going into the World Cup competition in Qatar.
Giroud has become a pillar of Stefano Pioli's team and while he does not score every game, his contribution is still great as his goals are always crucial and important.
