Well, this headline puts out bait. And anyone who dares to read on will very soon realise that it was only a rather cheap bait on which he bit. A kind of flasher, so to speak. He will probably be ashamed of it very soon. The headline may have been jotted down after much deliberation,…
VfL Bochum – VfB Stuttgart Monday match from 17.2.2020Live commentary, by Jürgen SchmitzAnalysed and commented by Dirk Paulsen 2nd minute of play. VfB Stuttgart lose the ball in their own half as Bochum’s attacker Ganvoula energetically intervenes. As he is alone in the opponent’s half and the Stuttgart goalkeeper does not expect to lose the…
The smear campaign against Thierry Henry or “the problem of “self-disclosure An unprecedented smear campaign has been waged in recent days against Thierry Henry, the attacker for the French national team and FC Barcelona, who until now was considered an irreproachable sportsman and who is now to have the mantle of the impure sportsman slipped…
CommentThe smear campaign against Thierry Henry An unprecedented smear campaign has been mounted in recent days against Thierry Henry, the attacker for the French national team and FC Barcelona, who has hitherto been regarded as an impeccable sportsman and who is now to don the mantle of impure professional. Ireland v France, an elimination duel…
Comment on a commenta([Eigen]to)r Tuesday and Wednesday, 8 and 9.12.2009 was Champions Leauge. The nights of decisions. Today it counts. Everything is at stake. Last matchday of the group phase. Which teams will advance? Above all, of course, this question applied (in this country) to the German teams. Wolfsburg, Stuttgart, Bayern had to win their…
The referees and their decisions at the 2010 World Cup 1) Introduction A fundamental statement made by the author about football and the referees is that it is not the low quality of the referees’ decisions – which remains to be proven – that should be scrutinised, but their tendency. This tendency – as discussed…
Dear Ladies and GentlemenIn connection with the betting scandal, I would first like to draw your attention to two things: I have been a professional gambler for 20 years. My approach is purely mathematical, supported by a football programme I developed myself. Manipulation is NOT desirable for me under any circumstances and I am not…
So I’m watching a football match. A normal football match. A Bundesliga match. But I’m not in favour of either team. I am a “neutral spectator”. I want to watch the game because of the beauty of the game, because of the tension in the game, and because of the feats presented to me in…
Hertha is at the bottom of the Bundesliga table. The performances over the season so far certainly cannot be simply glossed over. The position in the table and the number of points scored correspond to the performances shown. Certainly, one could now start to investigate the causes. The sale of three key players before the…
I think there is nothing fundamentally wrong with my resolution to make football, or sport in general, more attractive. It just seems to me that there is a conviction that a) all the measures to do so have already been proposed and discussed by “true experts” – so that it is impossible. for a nameless…
