Giroud feels 'like part of the family' after LAFC debut

Olivier Giroud made his debut for LAFC as a 71st minute substitute, following his move from Milan

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00:00Yes, I was looking forward to play on this pitch in front of this crowd, this amazing

00:09crowd and in front of my family and my friends also.

00:13So yeah, I received, as I said, a very warm welcome from everybody at the club, the staff,

00:22the players, everybody is working at the club.

00:26I felt like I was welcome, like part of a family, you know.

00:32And I wish I could play even more tonight, but obviously it's better to restart step

00:41by step.

00:43But I felt very good on the pitch and I'm looking forward to the next game, you know.

00:49It's part of basically his pre-season, you got to put him through while we are in a competition.

00:55So minutes in a real game are not replicable in training and so we need to use the games

01:04for him to find his optimal fitness again and it's just a matter of time.

01:08So this was one more step and yeah, sure, he knows where to be and where to go and not

01:17many actions tonight in front of goal, one or two, but we've seen in training already

01:23he's going to score goals.