00:00What is a typical day like for you during Cannes?
00:02It's football, football, and more football.
00:05I'm telling you that the Morocco-Alibery semi-final...
00:07And besides, with Zinedine Zidane coming, what team can produce that?
00:11The After is a show, I've often been asked that question
00:14"Are some of them playing a role?"
00:16But actually no, not at all, that's how it is in real life
00:18And then you were able to spend a little time with us outside of work.
00:20We're all really football fanatics who talk about it all day long.
00:23And sometimes things get out of hand, sometimes you let yourself get carried away, overwhelmed by passion.
00:26My best memory, I might be living it right now.
00:28because I watched an Algeria match with my dad this afternoon
00:32And I'm going to give a debriefing of the Algeria match that I saw on an Africa Cup of Nations show on Afterfoot.
00:38The show I dreamed of doing when I was little, so I think we're right in the middle of it.
00:41So now we're going to head towards the RMC studios.
00:44RMC's studios are in Salé, a city adjacent to Rabat.
00:46In fact, the set of the show is there, but they also sleep there.
00:49So there you have it, it's a very, very large riad where I've already had the opportunity to go in the last few days.
00:52You'll see, it's actually the same people off-air as on air.
00:55Well, they're always talking about football, I'm not telling you anything you don't already know.
00:57Okay, I've talked too much, where am I taking you?
01:09Excuse me Gilbert, hey, if I may, I'll take that off for a second.
01:12Come on.
01:12Good evening Gilbert.
01:13Good evening.
01:14Would you be willing to answer a few questions for you?
01:15Of course.
01:16So here we are in Rabat, in a riad that Afterfoot has booked for private use.
01:21to make a nice studio that is right here around us, we are well set up.
01:24And every evening, we have a two-hour program dedicated entirely to the Africa Cup of Nations.
01:28in African football, with ultra specialists, the Cador.
01:31Oli Dacherchou and Ramza Rahmani are the best.
01:32So every night, from 10pm to midnight, to analyze the matches, to talk about the issues of African football.
01:37What is a typical day like for you here during Cannes?
01:40We watch all the matches, we go to the stadium to watch the matches, we prepare the show.
01:45Well, today is a bit of a special day, because it's Christmas.
01:47So we still have a Christmas couscous. There you go, so we're going to treat ourselves a little, obviously.
01:52And then we have the show after the couscous, later today, at 10pm.
01:54The show depends, let's say, 90% on the matches.
01:57Quite frankly, our job is to watch the matches, go to the stadium,
02:01So it's better than working for real, that's true, but that's it, that's how we prepare for the After.
02:05For the show, I write a script, I write down a few things I don't want to forget,
02:11That's it, but once I've seen the matches, I don't need to rewrite the match.
02:14Because, as a conductor and presenter, I am primarily there to showcase the speakers.
02:20I'm kind of like a number 10, you know. I pass the ball so that Walida Cherchour and Hamza Rahmani can score the goals.
02:24That's beautiful. For those who don't know you, who are you and what do you do in the After?
02:27I talk about football on After Foot, and we try to debate with Hamza, with Gilbert, with the listeners.
02:35That's what we do, basically. We're storytellers, we tell stories; we're observers, we observe.
02:39That's pretty much it, every night from 10pm to midnight.
02:41The truth is, he doesn't know how to promote himself. The two pillars of After are expertise and opinion.
02:46Therefore, you need to have a level of expertise of 10 out of 10 and a level of opinion of 10 out of 10.
02:50That's the minimum requirement to be a columnist for After.
02:53So, he's not just there to tell stories, as he says.
02:56So, he has the expertise, he has the opinion. And that's the case for all the commentators on After.
03:00It's still a talk show, so we try to debate our opinions.
03:05We really give it our all. On the show, we truly say what we think.
03:08by trying to be sincere, and it works pretty well.
03:10Personally, apart from Raimi's penalty, I don't think he had a terrible game.
03:13I found people to be harsh on Raimi.
03:16It's still a blast to do these shows, even though it's a real job and it's not easy to do.
03:22But it's a job you're passionate about. And when you're with your friends, when you're with the gang,
03:25We are driven by that, so we don't necessarily feel that pressure.
03:28And then, the pressure, in fact, we could have it if we don't work, if we don't do our job.
03:32For me, the pressure is if I don't watch the matches during the day and I tell myself,
03:35"Oh dear, how am I going to debate against Hamza?" because he's a big name.
03:39Faced with listeners who are increasingly discerning, because today you can no longer fool them,
03:43because they watch the game like you do, and that wasn't the case 10 years ago, 20 years ago.
03:47But as long as the job is done, as long as the baggage is filled, there's no problem.
03:50Goal for Ivory Coast, Ahmad Diallo who has just scored.
03:54So, to summarize, first thing in the morning, Algeria, 11 PM, the Cameroon match which has just finished,
03:59with listeners, and Ivory Coast, with Gué Ladoué, man of the match, of course.
04:05No, no, that's not Gué Ladoué, because he's from Strasbourg.
04:07So.
04:08And we have a guest tonight, too.
04:10Tonight, there's some serious competition.
04:11Are these onions?
04:13Those are caramelized onions.
04:14Ah, great.
04:15And onions, you don't like them?
04:16No, no, you don't have that.
04:17They smell really good, a little bit.
04:18I'm telling you, the Morocco-Algeria semi-final...
04:20There is a difference between what they say and what they think.
04:22At this point, you have to think you're in the semi-finals.
04:24Yeah.
04:24No, I'm doing...
04:25No, no, I can just imagine you...
04:27If you get out there, if you win in Burkina Faso, normally you finish first in your group.
04:30January 18.
04:31There are merguez sausages.
04:32Ah, I got insulted yesterday when I said that.
04:34The onions go down well, the onions, they go down well.
04:35Onions are very good, they're very good.
04:37Pierre-Alexandre, frankly, merguez sausages.
04:39Good evening everyone, Love Torka is live from Rabat, as she is every evening during the Africa Cup of Nations.
04:46We're here until midnight, live, from our beautiful Riyadh.
04:50Let me explain, the show started behind me, so the set is right behind me.
04:55I'm going to try to show the setup very discreetly, because they're live.
05:00All together, go out together, really show a new vibe.
05:03I don't want to think about the show, they tell you, for me, couscous is with merguez.
05:06That's all there is to it, really.
05:07It's what I said I would do, but not what I'm doing, you know.
05:08I can believe that it exists, though.
05:09Okay, no, no, no, no.
05:10I've already seen it.
05:11But me too, tiramisu.
05:11I've seen little paws too.
05:13I also love Nutella tiramisu, Nutella tiramisu.
05:16And yet, I am told that it is an insult to Italian tradition.
05:20The after-party continues live until midnight.
05:22See you soon, and don't forget, we still have tickets to give away for another Round of 16 match in 30 minutes.
05:26See you soon.
05:30Well done, guys.
05:32That's good, that's cool, there.
05:33Great, that's good, that's good.
05:36Okay, what time is it, Gilbert?
05:37It's midnight now, we've just finished.
05:39We had a great two hours.
05:41There has been a lot of talk about Algeria, because Algeria is playing today.
05:43Then there's Algeria, that excites everyone.
05:45So, there you have it, and then tomorrow, we'll do it again.
05:48Tired when you finish?
05:49Yeah, a little, yeah.
05:49It's always a small relief.
05:51That's the end of the day.
05:53Yeah, time for bed, it's midnight.
05:54Is there a decompression period after the broadcast?
05:56Will it go straight to sleep?
05:58No, there's always a small airlock.
05:59There's always a small buffer zone.
06:00We're debriefing the show a bit with Jimmy, seeing what was good, what wasn't good.
06:04Quickly, let's not kid ourselves.
06:06And then afterwards, possibly, we talk, we see each other briefly, and then from behind.
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