After the female euro this summer, Grégoire Margotton will have a job at the start of the school year. The commentator of the French team of Didier Deschamps was indeed announced at the helm of the Blues of Basketballs at the European Championship, which will start on August 27. The former Canal+ journalist had commented from the NBA at its beginnings and will form a brand new duo with the former captain of the tricolor selection Nicolas Batum (who still evolves in the NBA).
But Margotton will suddenly juggle between basketball and football. TF1 announced on Monday the programming on TF1 of the six meetings of the 2026 World Cup qualifiers from Kylian Mbappé and others. With, each time, the essential duo formed by Grégoire Margotton and Bixente Lizarazu, with Saber Desfarges Bord and Thomas Mekhiche for the post-match program.
The Blues of “La Dèche” will start against Ukraine on Friday September 5 (8:45 pm), during a relocated match in Wroclaw. The day before, Grégoire Margotton will comment on the last match of the first round of the Blues of Frédéric Faux at the Eurobasket against Iceland, also in Poland, in Katowice. The two cities are only two hours away, in the southwest of the country. No worries.
Margotton, four countries in five days?
This is where everything gets carried away. The Basketball Olympic Vice-Champions will fly to Riga and the final phase of the Euro, with an eighth on Saturday 6 or Sunday 7 September. It will always be on TF1. However, the vice-champions of the world of football, they will follow with the reception of Iceland at the Parc des Princes, on Tuesday September 9. Grégoire Margotton will therefore rent in Paris. TF1 could largely entrust the commentary of the two September games to Saber Desfarges, but no …
The rest is even more improbable. If France is still in the running at the Eurobasket, Margotton could then go back to Latvia. Finally, it is not certain … If Guerschon Yabusele and his teammates finish 2nd or 4th in their hen, they would compete in their quarter-final potential on September 10, the day of Iceland-France in the park. If they are 2nd or 4th, they would be on the prosecution on September 10, which would allow Margotton to find Batum in the comments. Or four countries in five days for the 55 -year -old journalist.
