Paris (AFP)
RMC Sport will deploy an exceptional device for the broadcast of the Champions League final on Sunday evening, the first that PSG will play against Bayern Munich.
"The objective is to mark the occasion, French football has been waiting for a final of the Champions League for a very long time, and in particular Paris which has never known one," Laurent Salvaudon told AFP , managing editor of RMC Sport.
The final will also be broadcast in clear on TF1.
From 9:00 a.m., RMC Sport, Altice's sports channel, will be wearing the colors of the final with documents and reports, which will retrace the route of the two teams to Lisbon.
Then, at 6:00 p.m., the "Champions Zone" pre-match program will be broadcast in Paris, from a terrace with a view of the Arc de Triomphe. The hosts and consultants will be joined by guests, including former players and PSG leaders.
The channel will also deploy teams in Lisbon, in and outside the stadium, as well as on the Champs-Elysées, at the Parc des Princes, at the Camp des Loges in Saint-Germain des Prés, to show the atmosphere among the supporters and wait for viewers until kick-off at 9:00 p.m.
The match will be commented by the Jérôme Rothen / Jérôme Sillon duo, from the Luz stadium, with Mohamed Bouhafsi at the edge of the pitch.
"If PSG win, the joy will be equal to the frustration that had lasted since the arrival of the Qataris ten years ago," and "it was obvious to us, from the start, that We should be in the middle of this possible explosion "of emotions, explains Laurent Salvaudon.
This final will close a historic streak for RMC Sport, whose audience has broken records (1.7 million viewers on average for PSG / RB Leipzig). "We had fears", between the closed camera imposed and the health crisis, but "luck ended up turning", and "for us the results in terms of editorial and audiences are very positive, and we hope that Sunday this will be the icing on the cake, ”said the editor.
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