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OPINION

JULES BREACH

The TNT Sports presenter explains what it’s like to do post-match interviews

There’s nothing quite like T the new season buzz. That fresh feeling of optimism, excitement, belief and often blind faith that this will be your team’s year always bubbles up as another campaign gets underway.

With the Premier League up and running again, it also means a return to my regular duties as match reporter and presenter for TNT Sports. FourFourTwo were fascinated to find out what it’s like for me being tasked with a post-match interview, win or lose, and dealing with that pressure when you are broadcasting live to the nation.

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