The
footballer responsible for a spectacular ‘scorpion kick’ goal
during a New Year’s game in the English premier league has said God
helped him to carry off the near-impossible shot to bring his team to
victory.
Playing
with Arsenal in the January 1 face-off against south London’s
Crystal Palace, French international Olivier Giroud made the most of
a pass delivered behind him to flick the ball with the back of his
heel and send it on target for what was immediately described by
pundits as an early contender for ‘Goal of the Season’.
Clearly
delighted with the results of the masterly display, Giroud afterwards
thanked God for the goal: “I needed God’s help to score this
goal,” he told an interviewer at full time, when Arsenal had beaten
Palace 2-0. A proclaimed Catholic- he has stated that he is “a
strong believer”.
Olivier
Giroud carries a reminder of his faith into every game in the form of
a tattoo on his forearm which is a Latin rendering of Psalm 23:
Dominus regit me et nihil deerit – The Lord is my shepherd, I shall
not want.
‘Though
he does not cross himself in preparation for competition as so many
athletes do, Giroud has said he says a prayer before every game.
(Irish
Catholic, January 5, 2017)
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