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PARIS -- Olivier Giroud is gunning for goalkeeper Manuel Neuer.With 10 goals in his past 11 games for France, Giroud is in the best form of his career heading into the European Championship semifinal against Germany on Thursday.He also has a taste for scoring against Neuer.Of course hes a key player for them, but Ive scored a few against him, Giroud said Monday. In any case, hes not an insurmountable wall.When France beat Germany 2-0 in November, Giroud scored against Neuer -- who has conceded only one goal at Euro 2016.Neuer was also in goal when Giroud scored home and away for Arsenal against Bayern Munich in the Champions League last season, and he also netted against him when the Gunners won 2-0 away to Bayern during the 2012-13 campaign.The following season, Giroud scored against Borussia Dortmund.I generally do well against German clubs as well, said Giroud, who has three goals at Euro 2016.His muscular style of play, allied to good technique and heading ability, seems to work against German players. The first of his 20 goals for France was against Germany in 2012 and his first goal in the Champions League for Arsenal was against Schalke 04 later that year.No wonder, given his track record and his current form, he is confident about the week ahead.My objective is to help us win the Euro, he said. If I can help us do that by scoring one or two more goals then thats great.Five weeks ago, fans jeered Giroud off the pitch when he was substituted against Cameroon, even though he scored a volley in a 3-2 win.By contrast, he was given a huge ovation on Sunday night after scoring twice in a 5-2 win against Iceland in the quarterfinals.Its nice to be cheered. But its not a case of revenge, the 29-year-old Giroud said. I give everything for the team. Thats the main thing.Giroud, who is 1.92 meters (6-foot-3), has not always been high in the popularity stakes.Despite a healthy return of 82 goals in 182 games for Arsenal, he has yet to win over a section of the fans. Whatever he does, he is always being compared: either to former Arsenal stars Thierry Henry and Robin van Persie, or to Frances Karim Benzema.He does miss chances, sometimes many, but good strikers keep getting them because they know how to find dangerous positions.One of the hallmarks of Girouds play -- one that endears him to other Arsenal fans -- is that he never hides and always works hard.His ratio of 20 goals in 53 games for France is better than Benzemas 27 in 81, and Giroud has played much more as a substitute than Benzema.Benzema, a two-time Champions League winner with Real Madrid -- where he has scored 161 goals -- is not playing at Euro 2016. He is facing preliminary charges of conspiracy to blackmail France teammate Mathieu Valbuena and coach Didier Deschamps left him out.Some observers view Girouds success as a triumph over Benzema, having been in his shadow.Its not a view thats shared by Giroud, whose career path saw him play for unheralded French clubs Grenoble, Istres and Tours, before winning the French title with Montpellier in 2011-12 and securing a move to the Premier League.Im not turning it into anything personal, Giroud said. (Karim) will be back in the (France) team. I dont have any problems with him.At the 2014 World Cup, Frances attacking trio in the 1-0 quarterfinal loss to Germany was Valbuena, Benzema and Antoine Griezmann.On Thursday, Griezmann and Dimitri Payet will be looking to play Giroud into goal scoring positions, while the Arsenal forward will be aiming to lay the ball off for his teammates.Together, the three players have scored 10 of Frances 11 goals at Euro 2016 -- Griezmann with a tournament-leading four and Payet three. Each of the three has also provided two assists.There is chemistry between us, Giroud said.Jesse Lingard Jersey . "I wrote 36 on my sheet at the beginning of the game," the Cincinnati coach said, referring the yard line the ball would need to be snapped from. Zlatan Ibrahimovic Jersey . 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It was his first on Newports grass this week after the top four seeds were given byes.Johnson was one of six Americans in action Wednesday on the grounds of the International Tennis Hall of Fame.Defending champion Rajeev Ram, a two-time winner in Newport -- who previously was victorious in 2009, when he claimed his only other career ATP tourney -- lost to seventh-seeded Dudi Sela of Israel, 6-3, 6-4.Second-seeded Ivo Karlovic of Croatia rallied past Canadian qualifier Frank Dancevic, 3-6, 7-6 (5), 6-4.Ranked No. 25 on the tour coming into the week, Johnson served an ace on the first point of the match and lost just one point in the third through fifth games of the opening set.He had it a little tougher in the second, but he continued his solid season on grass, raising his record to 11-3.I just served well in the first, Johnson said. [Sugita] returned well in the second. I just think that makes it tricky when you dont have to play any points in the first.Johnson lost in the fourth round to Rogger Federer at Wimbledon.ddddddddddddJohnson won his first career singles title, also on grass, at Nottingham last month.Im comfortable, but Im still uncomfortable, he said about the surface. Theres a lot to learn, a lot to improve on. Thats why Im here, to try and keep getting better.He said hes looking forward to heading to the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro next month and -- unlike other athletes -- hasnt considered not attending.I never thought about not going, he said.Ram said he had trouble with the breezy conditions and didnt play well.I felt [Sela] dealt with the conditions really well, had good energy the whole way through and he was just better than me today, he said.John Isner was the last to win consecutive Newport titles, doing it in 2011 and 2012.American Donald Young, the No. 8 seed, joined Johnson in advancing Wednesday by defeating fellow countryman Stefan Kozlov, 6-0, 6-4.Americans Brian Baker and Dennis Novikov also were ousted.Baker lost to No. 4 seed Marcos Baghdatis of Cyprus, 6-4, 6-3. Novikov lost to Dominican Victor Estrella Burgos, 7-6 (3), 6-3.In other play, Switzerlands Marco Chiudinelli beat Australian John-Patrick Smith, 1-6, 6-3, 6-3. ' ' '