N’Golo Kante was too shy to touch World Cup trophy, reveals Chelsea team-mate Olivier Giroud
The Blues duo played a key role for Les Bleus to help Didier Deschamps' side win the World Cup in Russia last month
CHELSEA striker Olivier Giroud has revealed how team-mate N'Golo Kante was too shy to hold the World Cup after France beat Croatia last month.
The 31-year-old was speaking to the club's account where he lifted the lid on what the Blues midfielder was like during the on-pitch celebrations in Russia.
Giroud - who failed to register a single shot on target in the World Cup despite appearing in all seven games - claimed he positioned himself perfectly to grab hold of the coveted trophy.
He said: "Obviously we knew that Hugo (captain Lloris) would be the first one to touch it.
"I have to say I have been clever because I took the good position to touch it."
The interviewer then asked Kante when he got to get his hands on the World Cup, after Steven N'Zonzi claimed he had to ask his team-mates to let him have a go.
He said: "I was waiting my turn."
Before ex-Arsenal star Giroud quickly interrupted him, adding: "He is so shy so he didn't want to say 'give it to me', so he had to wait.
"Sometimes people came in front of him. At the end of the day someone took it and gave it to him."
The duo were recently in action for the FA Cup holders to help Chelsea beat the Gunners 3-2 at Stamford Bridge.
