PSG-Arsenal final: hilarious media blunders during champions league clash

PSG-Arsenal final: hilarious media blunders during champions league clash

  • The Champions League final is one of the year's most media-covered sporting events

key takeaways The “Nuits du Cazarre enchaîné” show on RMC Sport humorously dissected the most glaring commentary errors during the Champions League final, where PSG triumphed over Arsenal in a penalty shootout.

When Paris Saint-Germain claimed their first-ever Champions League title with a thrilling 1-1 draw and subsequent penalty victory over Arsenal on May 30, the city—and the entire football world—paused to witness the historic achievement. Yet, while the players on the pitch delivered moments of brilliance, some commentators off the pitch struggled to keep up with the action.

Julien Cazarre, the show’s irreverent host and lifelong football enthusiast, handed comedian Jean-Christophe Drouet the microphone to lampoon the most egregious verbal blunders from the broadcast booth. The commentary booth, Cazarre quipped, might as well have been tucked away in a stadium toilet given the disconnect between their words and the reality unfolding in front of millions.

The first casualty of the mockery was a radio commentator from Ici Paris, who inexplicably mistook Kai Havertz—Arsenal’s first scorer at the 6-minute mark—for Leandro Trossard, even mangling the latter’s name into something resembling “Tossard.” But RMC Sport’s own experts didn’t fare much better, confusing Havertz with Declan Rice, the defensive midfielder. “Was the commentary booth really in the stadium restrooms?” Cazarre roasted, questioning whether they’d even been watching the match.

Drouet piled on the sarcasm, suggesting they “didn’t even watch the right game—they were probably tuned into an Arsenal-Ipswich League Cup clash instead.” The duo then turned their attention to linguistic slip-ups, such as replacing the classic football phrase “faire le dos rond” (to brace defensively) with the nonsensical “faire le gros dos.” But the real obsession of the night? The overuse of “parfait contre-pied” (perfect backheel), a term so misapplied that it became the laughingstock of the broadcast.

With the next major tournament just around the corner, Cazarre and Drouet announced they’ll be launching “Balance ton com’” (“Expose the Commentator”), a listener-driven initiative encouraging fans to report on-air gaffes. For commentators, the gauntlet has been thrown—let the next round of football begin.