Master of ceremonies for major football evenings on Canal+ since 1998, Hervé Mathoux is obviously passionate about football. But is he completely impartial when he has to discuss current events or comment on the results of OM or PSG? Does he not have a preference for one of the two flagship clubs of French football? Or for any other club in France?
Cooked by L’Equipe as part of a podcast entitled “Are you rather…? » calling on the respondent to make clear-cut choices, the TV man was thus invited to comment on a possible inclination for OM or PSG. “ This is a question I have been asked daily for 30 years. So I conclude that if people ask me this again, it is because there is no reason why I can be for one or the other », he breathes.
More Platini than Zidane
“ I find that we are lucky to have two cities, two projects, two DNAs so different that these two clubs create wealthcontinues the person concerned. And what’s more, I am part of a generation which, sincerely, when watching a European Cup match, is just as delighted by a success for Paris, Marseille, Lyon, Strasbourg or whoever you want. So I’m fully behind Paris on Tuesday, and fully behind OM on Wednesday. Or the other way around. »
For the rest, Hervé Mathoux played the game, notably deciding between Samir Nasri and Habib Beye in the role of consultant in favor of the first named. In a bonus given to the prize list. For his childhood memories, the journalist also gives his preference to Michel Platini ahead of the more recent icons that are Zinedine Zidane and Kylian Mbappé. Not really a fan of FIFA and its greed, the Clermont resident who was born 59 years ago admits to having also changed his mind about VAR, which poses more problems than it now solves according to him.
