Broadcaster of Les Bleues for the Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand, France Télévisions has decided, like M6, not to send its commentators (who are in this case commentators) on site. This improbable device caused a scandal during France-Brazil on Saturday.
It should be noted: many football fans spent their Saturday lunchtime in front of the 2nd match of the French women’s team at the 2023 Women’s World Cup, against Brazil, in Brisbane, for a crucial victory (2-1 ). Hervé Renard’s players notably offered a good first period (before taking the broth after returning from the locker room) and viewers first decried the France 2 broadcast.
On the one hand, the duo of commentators did not convince, even though Lucile Guillotin is an experienced sports journalist (she followed RC Strasbourg for 10 years) and Louisa Necib was already a consultant on beIN Sports during the Coupe World Cup 2022 in Qatar (without being criticized). Just look at the negative comments on the tweet of Wendie Renard’s goal video 10 minutes from the end…
#FIFAWWC | ⚽ GOOOOOOOOO! WENDIE RENARD PUT FRANCE BACK IN FRONT!
🇬🇧 She was uncertain, the captain places her head on a corner to allow the Bleues to regain the advantage in the last minutes! 2-1!
📺 The match live: https://t.co/2qYoSZngqT pic.twitter.com/7bD3fBU5qk
— francetvsport (@francetvsport) July 29, 2023
Too complicated for France Télévisions
But it is above all the device chosen by France Télévisions which caused a sensation. The comments are indeed provided from a cabin in Paris, with the only “man on the ground” at the stadium, and this did not fail to cause a scandal with certain followers on the networks. Somewhat forced by Emmanuel Macron (yes) to buy the rights to this World Cup in Australia and New Zealand, France TV will not send its commentators to the Land of Oz even in the event of a final!
Minimalist coverage barely assumed by the audiovisual group… The sports director of France Télévisions, Pascal Golomer, thus explained in The TeamJuly 21: “ Moving them all on site would have been both very expensive and complicated to set up in such a short time. For such events, the reservations of positions are also made several months in advance, the deadlines were exceeded for a long time. “.
The justifications of France Télévisions are very improbable. A Women’s World Cup would have deserved the trip of the duo of commentators from Les Bleues, even if the trip is indeed more expensive than in Europe. Lucile Guillotin and Louisa Necib would have had no trouble obtaining a visa to fly to Australia and Fifa would have clearly found a place for them in the press gallery, the status of rights holders being very different from that of others. media.
🤔 Is there an (understandable) reason why the commentators of a Les Bleues match during the World Cup aren’t there?#ENG #BRA
— Michaël Michée (@Michael_Michee) July 29, 2023
