Messaoud Benterki
, journalist and multi-sport presenter for
L'Équipe
, was the guest of “Buzz TV” this Tuesday, March 5.
The opportunity for the person concerned to return to the French journey during the Biathlon World Championship, where they were victorious.
He assures that the success of the French women did not surprise him, even emphasizing that they had the wind in their sails before the competition.
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“They were already on an extraordinary trend
,” insists the journalist, before continuing on these Championships where the French team broke a number of records.
Messaoud Benterki reveals the big surprise of this competition: the emotion.
“Every day, we told ourselves that we were already at the top, and the next day, we still had a completely crazy emotion,”
he assures, before summarizing his feelings:
“We are lucky to have a team of exceptional France.”
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The presenter then spoke of his desire to best communicate the experiences of athletes.
“We accompany the viewer to show how difficult it is to achieve a result
,” he continues.
“In sport, the ups and downs are strong emotions to experience.”
The Dakar rally, covered by Messaoud Benterki, is an example of these emotional sporting events.
The journalist reveals how the teams around him create a link between the viewer and the competitors.
“
We linked sporting performance, the expectation of a victory for Loeb and the behind the scenes to make people understand what life is like in the Dakar,”
he explains.
“Loeb’s journey is almost obsessive, we cling to it!
If he had won, the audience would have been even better.”
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L’Équipe
Despite the fact that he now covers a number of sports, Messaoud Benterki returned to the one he covered for a long time: football.
The former presenter of “Jour de football” on Canal+ notes the importance of this sport compared to others.
When we talk about “L'Équipe de Greg”, a program centered on football, Messaoud Benterki, lucid, decides:
“You have to know who you are talking to
,” he emphasizes.
“Obviously the Mbappé debate is more important than six minutes of summary on the biathlon race.”