Olivier Giroud pleads for the ball but Paul Pogba and Moussa Sissoko ignore the Arsenal striker

Olivier Giroud was left embarrassed on Friday night when his French team-mates appeared to ignore him and refuse to pass him the ball during France’s World Cup qualifier with Sweden.

The Arsenal striker was spotted pleading for the ball late in the first half of the match in Paris having taken up a good position at the back post.

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However both Paul Pogba and Moussa Sissoko ignored him.

With numerous opportunities to cross it to Giroud, Pogba eventually crossed it to Antoine Griezmann instead – who was offside.

This is how it played out…

Pogba has the chance to cross the ball to Giroud at the back post – but dummies it and passes to Sissoko

Sissoko has the chance to cross it to Giroud, but dummies it and passes it to Pogba

Giroud starts pleading for the ball at the back post

Surely Pogba must have noticed

So Pogba finally crosses the ball into the box

But he passes it to his mate Griezmann instead

Despite the fact Greizmann was offside

Which meant the attack came to an end

Perhaps it was their ties to Arsenal’s Premier League rivals Manchester United and Tottenham that stopped them. Maybe they simply didn’t see him. Or perhaps like most Arsenal fans, they just don’t rate him.

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In the end it didn’t matter too much with France coming from behind to win 2-1 through goals from Pogba and Dimitri Payet.