France faced underdogs Iceland in UEFA Euro 2016's quarter-final clash, and Didier Deschamps' side dumped the Icelandic lads from this tournament with a 5-2 win.
Speaking at the post-match press conference, the 29-year-old focused on his team's victory rather than his own man-of-the-match performance.
"It's always nice to be named man of the match but, first and foremost, it's about the team reaching the semi-finals and our performance.
"We scored five goals and are very pleased, although we did concede two. Iceland didn't give up at any stage of the match as we knew they were a very valiant side, a very determined outfit.
"They kept going right until the end and I'd like to give them a lot of credit because they had a great campaign in the European Championships.
"We're going to savour this victory. We are going to rest up and focus once again for Thursday because we have a big match against the world champions.
"From my perspective, I'm pleased, nothing more than that. I am pleased for the team, my family, and the French public as a whole.
"I don't know if it's my best performance (for France). I have played some other good games as well, but in a major tournament that is perhaps my best performance, if you will. I felt really good physically right from the start of the game."
The Arsenal striker added:
"We're used to making bad starts to matches and we were able to change that. That's good going forward, we need to retain that.
"We were on top right from the first few minutes, and we were very clinical, so that's nice. From a personal perspective, it is good as well and I am scoring once again."
Giroud also seemed confident heading into Thursday's anticipated match-up with world champions Germany in Marseille.
"It will be a totally different match, they're the world champions, and they're often in the last four of major tournaments. It will be a great match.
"We have a lot of desire to try and get our own back for what happened in the World Cup. We beat them here in a friendly match; we won 2-0, but it will be a completely different game in Marseille.
"I hope the French public are as excitable in the stadium as they were here and I hope they'll support us all the way. We are lucky enough to play a European Championship semi-final in front of a home crowd.
"From my perspective, I'm very proud of what this French side is achieving, and I hope we will once again come out with the right result."
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