‘Who taught you that bro?’: Mesut Ozil laughs at Olivier Giroud for using his trademark chop

From one former gunner to another, former Arsenal star Mesut Ozil joined in the celebrations after watching his former teammate Olivier Giroud open the scoring in France’s World Cup qualifier against Poland on Sunday evening. night.

World Cup winner Ozil has always maintained his public support for Arsenal after leaving the Premier League leaders in January 2021 following the mutual termination of his contract at the club.

However, the German playmaker, once dubbed the ‘assist king’ of the English top flight, is also rooting for his past and present teammates who played in Qatar in the winter tournament, and took to social media after watching Giroud help France take the lead against Poland. .

Giroud has starred in the national team setup so far in the Middle East despite finding himself playing a much larger role than expected after Karim Benzema was forced to miss the World Cup through injury.

French striker Olivier Giroud opens the scoring against Poland as he cuts the ball towards goal

Mesut Özil has joked that he taught Giroud how to perform his signature chop move.

The former Arsenal striker surpassed Thierry Henry to become France’s all-time top scorer with his half-time goal against Robert Lewandowski’s Poland taking him to the all-time high.

Giroud struck from close range after being found unmarked in the box courtesy of a brilliant sliced ​​pass from two-goal winner of the match, Kylian Mbappe, and the current AC Milan man then tapped the ball to the ground with his left foot and dropped it. I raise. Wojciech Szczesny’s onslaught.

The well-taken nature of the record-breaking shot has got former Germany international Ozil talking, after the 34-year-old acknowledged his signature ‘punch’ was recreated by an old colleague on football’s biggest stage.

Giroud (centre) was assisted by France’s two-goal hero Kylian Mbappe (left) as Les Blue won 3-0 on Sunday night.

Özil (left) and France’s all-time top scorer (right) spent several seasons together at the Emirates

Tweeting during the France game, the current Fenerbahce midfielder said: “Nice goal, who taught you bro?” along with a smiley face emoji and a gif of the duo smiling at each other during their years at Arsenal.

Özil became famous for first adopting the striking technique and brought his exploits to Arsenal during a seven and a half year spell in the capital.

His iconic goal against Liverpool, in which he lifted the ball past then Reds goalkeeper Simon Mignolet, was a showcase of Ozil’s move as fans marveled at his talent on the ball in a Gunners shirt. .

In a 2019 interview with GOAL, Ozil went into more detail about his signature shooting style: “As a player, you always want to try and discover new things,” Ozil said. So if I think of something new, I want to field test it and see how it works.

“So with this technique, you eliminate that because you hit the ball harder, then it travels faster and is harder to stop.”