The deputy director of Téléfoot, Jean-Michel Roussier, was the guest of Europe 1 to talk about the beginnings of the channel, main broadcaster of Ligue 1. He largely returned to the accusations of racism formulated by the Brazilian Neymar at the against the Spaniard Alvaro.

After a long research effort, the images of the altercation did not reveal the nature of the words exchanged.

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For a week, the controversy around the PSG-OM match has continued to swell.

At the end of an opposition marked by strong tension, the Brazilian striker of PSG Neymar accused the Marseille defender Alvaro of having sent him racist insults.

According to the deputy director of the Téléfoot channel, broadcaster of the match, the study of the images did not allow to know the exact nature of the words exchanged.

"They are the only ones who know," says Jean-Michel Roussier.

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"Objectively, we are happy that this match could take place [but] the way it unfolded and concluded ... I find that regrettable", judges the deputy director of the chain.

This flagship meeting of the French football championship resulted in five red cards and "a flood of insults from both sides".

No "editorial error"

Aware of the outcry aroused by the altercation between Neymar and Alvaro, Jean-Michel Roussier claims to have done everything possible to shed light on this affair: "I asked journalists to look, almost one by one, all the images that we had to be sure not to miss it. "

But despite the 19 cameras used, the images do not allow to highlight racist remarks formulated by the Spaniard: "What we can have is Alvaro from behind, but we do not have Alvaro from the front . "

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Considering the importance of the system put in place to broadcast the meeting, some point to a fault on the part of the channel.

At the microphone of Europe 1, Jean-Michel Roussier rebelled against any accusation of "editorial error".

"We must stop saying that we had to have [the image]", he proclaims, recalling that a similar affair between Zinédine Zidane and Marco Materazzi had stirred public opinion.

"What Materazzi is saying, we don't read it on the lips, we don't hear it… And we are on a World Cup final."