Whistles against goals

I just find it curious that so many people seem to be convinced — yet at the same time, a surprisingly large number of those I would classify as sufficiently intelligent, yet so heavily influenced by the media?! — that the many handball discussions are triggered by the malice of the referees or the indecisiveness…

The home advantage

An article was found on the internet dealing with the declining home advantage in the 1st Bundesliga. You can find this article at http://www.n-tv.de/sport/dossier/Auswaertssiege-nehmen-zu-article646784.html. There are a number of remarkable things about it. For example, that extensive studies were made about it. Well, these were not “studied”, so a real judgement is not possible. Nevertheless,…

Introduction Objective Match Assessment

Reporting in the “ideal world Now, here too, it is to be offered what it could or should look like in the “ideal world”. However, it is by no means a utopia but rather things very easily realisable that should make a positive, objective, correct, humane and at the same time entertaining kind of reporting…

Dubious Games

This section will examine a few football matches from the past that deserve the label “dubious” for a variety of reasons. There are a variety of circumstances which place them in this kind of twilight. This is not to be taken with excessive seriousness. You might remember some of them, some you might not have…

When the King speaks

When a people are well governed, they are apparently allowed to switch off their own thinking. “Everything will be taken care of. Don’t worry about it.” If it is even ruled by an emperor, then his voice seems to be heard far beyond the borders of the country – and to find expression. At any…

What do I expect from a football match?

What do I expect from a football match, what do I get? Using the example of the DFB Cup first round match between SV Sandhausen and Borussia Mönchengladbach, 9.8.2019. This match took place on the evening of 9.8.2019 and was broadcast by Sky, in the single option. I selected this and watched the game and…

The meaning of luck

The importance of luck and bad luck in reporting Every friend of football should feel while watching a match that the outcome of a single game depends on a number of small factors that one could confidently put under the heading of “luck or bad luck”. It is too often the case that a goal-scoring…

The truth about a football match

The truth about a football match If you want to know how a game is really to be assessed, then you should listen carefully and only when one of the two coaches is speaking. For in spite of their always given partiality, their assessment is far superior to that of the journalist, who is actually…

The tone

First of all, a few more general thoughts about the fact that a match is broadcast live on German television with German commentary. This description suggests that it happens “on any” channel, but deserves a little more differentiation, especially with regard to the channel Sky – formerly Premiere — which has secured the exclusive broadcasting…