A fantastic pair. This Monday, June 17, against Austria, Didier Deschamps’ Blues begin the Euro 2024 competition. A match that Bixente Lizarazu and Grégoire Margotton will bring to viewers live on TF1. Since 2016, the ex-footballer and the sports journalist have formed a close and inseparable duo from the first channel. Over the years, the two commentators have developed a beautiful friendship that goes beyond their professional relationship. With our colleagues from TV Magazine, on June 13, Bixente Lizarazu and Grégoire Margotton revealed the secrets of their complicity. “When I started with Grégoire, I wasn’t afraid, because we had known each other since Canal+ (end of 2000, editor’s note). I trusted him. Very quickly, there was mutual respect. Complicity then came over time and more and more. Like an old couple”, revealed Claire Keim’s companion. If the two men get along wonderfully, Grégoire Margotton knows the main reason. “We are from the same generation. When Bixente sings Sacha Distel in the car, I can accompany him without any problem!”he revealed with a laugh during this interview.
Headline tandem, Grégoire Margotton and Bixente Lizarazu are far from resting on their achievements. Indeed, the two friends take care never to stay “on automatisms”. “We correct each other and discuss it among ourselves to always evolve our score”, indicated Grégoire Margotton. To which the ex-international responded: “With Grégoire, we are in tune with perfectionism. We like to progress, to think and analyze what we do. (…) we always have the motivation.” In addition to sharing this same passion, the two men have no secrets from each other. Grégoire Margotton and Bixente Lizarazu know each other by heart. “Grégoire’s greatest quality is the patience he has to put up with me… More seriously, it’s his perfectionism, which I really like. (…) His main fault is that he doesn’t let go enough. revealed the father of the family. For his part, the presenter of Téléfoot rented “enthusiasm” of his teammate. “Many former great athletes have become sad and jaded after their career, because they do not find the same excitement. But not Bixente”, he assured. Bixente Lizarazu and Grégoire Margotton are indeed a winning team.
Bixente Lizarazu and Grégoire Margotton reveal their favorite in the French team
Bixente Lizarazu and Grégoire Margotton are definitely on the same wavelength. During an interview given to Tele-Leisure, on June 15, the two commentators revealed the name of their favorite player in the France team. Without an ounce of hesitation, the former Girondins de Bordeaux full-back replied Antoine Griezmann. “It symbolizes the collective, the movement football that I love with and without the ball, the passing game and the triangle game. I would have liked to play with him around”, he confided. And to add: “With Griezmann, when you make a call, the ball arrives. It is eminently collective. In addition, he is a smiling character with a great state of mind.”
An opinion that his screen partner widely shares. “I’ll take the same one! (…) It is magnificent to look at. Our eyes leave the ball and we look at it. He is so remarkable in his playing intelligence”, he assured. There is no doubt, Grégoire Margotton and Bixente Lizarazu are made to get along.
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