Grégoire Margotton, call to order on France Inter

Before the French team entered the 2026 World Cup against Senegal, Grégoire Margotton issued a warning to the Blues.

It’s D-Day. This Tuesday at 9 p.m. (French time), the France team will make its big debut at the 2026 World Cup against Senegal, at MetLife Stadium in New York.

Considered by many observers as the favorites of the competition, the Blues have, it is true, the most frightening attack of the competition on paper. But this label of favorite which sticks to the skin of Kylian Mbappé and his partners is no guarantee of success, Grégoire Margotton insisted on the airwaves of France Inter, where he officiates during the World Cup.

“I am obviously optimistic, but winning is very complicated and we know it. In 2002 (during the World Cup in South Korea and Japan, editor’s note), the French team had the best attackers in the world (and they were eliminated in the group stage, editor’s note)… You have to have a little memory and remember that the best French teams also crashed during the World Cups.warned the commentator of the Blues matches on TF1.

Margotton: “If this first match goes well, the rest until the round of 16 will be quieter”

“I believe in the history that is written over time during a World Cup. We will see the first matches…”,
added Margotton, who believes that a victory for the Deschamps gang against the Lions of Teranga would allow them to approach Iraq (June 22) and Norway (June 26) with a liberated spirit.

The 56-year-old journalist, however, expects an extremely complicated match against the Senegalese. “ The first match is a very big team, Senegal, he said.
It is the best team in Africa with Morocco in the FIFA rankings. There are a lot of very good players, players who know the players of the France team very well. If this first match goes well, the rest until the round of 16 will be quieter. »