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Arsenal striker Giroud: Huge disappointment inside France squad

Arsenal striker Olivier Giroud admits there was a lot of "disappointment" inside the France locker room last night.

Didier Deschamps' star-studded side headed into Sunday's qualifier on the back of Thursday's 4-0 mauling of Holland, but were held to a shock goalless draw in Toulouse by minnows Luxembourg placed 126 below them in the FIFA world rankings.

"There is a lot of frustration and disappointment," Giroud told RMC.

"We have to be realistic, efficient. We had to open the scoring in the first half and make things easier for ourselves.

"We're going to have to win the last two games to go to the World Cup. It's never easy to qualify."

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