Football Soccer - UEFA European Championship 2016 - France national soccer team training camp, Neustift, Austria - 31/5/16. Didier Deschamps during a news conference. REUTERS/ Dominic Ebenbichler
PARIS (Reuters) - French coach Didier Deschamps defended striker Olivier Giroud after he was booed by some fans during his country's penultimate Euro 2016 warm-up match against Cameroon on Monday.
With 10 days to go before the hosts take on Romania at the Stade de France, Deschamps sought to build team spirit after fans had whistled at Giroud and called for suspended Real Madrid forward Karim Benzema to replace him.
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