TF1 will broadcast, unencrypted, 28 World Cup posters (beIN Sports offers them all on pay TV): 16 first-round matches, including the Blues’ three matches, five round of 16 matches, three quarter-finals, the semi-finals, the small final and the final.
The chain will detail its device on Monday with, as announced The team on October 15, the arrival of Saber Desfarges on the edge of the field during the matches of the French selection, replacing Frédéric Calenge.
The pair Grégoire Margotton-Bixente Lizarazu will commentate a large majority of matches. The second team will be formed by Julien Brun, commentator of Ligue 1 on Prime Video and already present on the cover during the last European Cup, accompanied by Rudi Garcia, the coach of the Saudi club Al Nassr Riyad, TF1 consultant during the Euro 2016. and World Cup 2018.
During the World Cup, Téléfoot will be presented by Thomas Mekhiche. Didier Deschamps and one or more Blues will be there.
For post-matches, there are no upsets with The magazine, still led by Denis Brogniart. On the set, he will be accompanied by the journalist Marine Marck and several consultants: Nadia Benmokhtar, Rio Mavuba and Adil Rami, current world champion and still active in Troyes. The League 1 club specifies who will be their player “still on leave from November 20 to 27. For the rest of the competition, Adil Rami should feature more sporadically on TF1. His appearances on set will depend on the club’s agreement..
“He knows Didier Deschamps and many players of the French national team well
Julien Millereux, Sports Director of TF1, on Adil Rami
“He is a figure of the bluesreacts Julien Millereux, TF1’s sports director. He knows Didier Deschamps and many players of the French national team well. Then he brings his capital sympathy and expresses himself well. »
Although the conflict with Canal +, which interrupted the transmission of the TF1 signal after a disagreement over the renewal of the distribution contract, has not yet found a solution, Julien Millereux does not fear an impact on audiences: “We are not worried, the FIFA World Cup is the most powerful event on television. Hopefully the conflict with Canal + will be over by the World Cup, but today we can watch TF1 for free via DTT, FAI boxes, MyTF1 and satellite with FranSat. And with the sale of the pub, we are ahead of filling compared to 2018”.