The players of the French team were heard. “In order to offer the best possible exhibition”the TF1 and France Télévisions group have just signed an underside agreement, so that France 2 can broadcast the last hen game of the Bleues, against the Netherlands, the Euro 2025 Football Women on Sunday, July 13.
Initially scheduled on TF1, the match had been relegated to TMC to make way for the Male Club World Cup final between PSG and Chelsea. The meeting against the Netherlands, scheduled at 9 p.m. in Basel (Switzerland), will take place exactly at the same time as the final between the two European clubs, disputed at the East Rutherford Metlife Stadium, in the United States, more than 6,000 kilometers away.
The Tricolores had deplored this decision. “There is a little disappointment. We have no bowl, our three group games were played during the Club World Cup. Inevitably a little disappointed, but it remains PSG. Between a final and a group match, TF1 has chosen a final ”had reacted, on July 10, the French environment Oriane Jean-François at a press conference.
Philippe Diallo: “The richness of our football”
“We are disappointed, we would have liked to have greater visibility, but we remain broadcast on a clear chain, that’s good too”relativized the attacker Kadidiatou Diani, before the announcement of France Télévisions.
Questioned by Franceinfo on this choice of broadcast, the president of the French Football Federation (FFF), Philippe Diallo, had preferred to see the reflection “The richness of our football” and its good performance.
In France, club World Cup matches were broadcast, in exchange for registration, free of charge by the British platform Dazn. But TF1 had acquired the rights for two of them: the entry into the running of PSG, on June 15, against Atlético de Madrid (4-0), and the final of July 13. The first poster had gathered 3.8 million viewers.
The Parisians of Luis Enrique are targeting the victory at the Club World Cup and an unprecedented five -time this season, after having already won the Champions League, Ligue 1, the French Cup and the Champions Trophy.
For their part, the Bleues crushed Wales (4-1) on July 9 and allowed France 2 to win against other channels with nearly 2.9 million viewers. Their inaugural success against England, a reigning champion team, had already attracted 2.8 million people to TF1. A draw against the Netherlands will now be enough for them to finish at the top of their group.
