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 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…
“Next easy ball loss for the hosts” (8:50). “The chance was gone, but not with Guido Burgstaller” (9:40, the 1:0). “If he stops, he must have it”. (23:20; Fährmann after Wolfsburg free-kick). “Half hour over, Schalke deserved to lead 1:0, although the great structure they had in their attacking play for the first 10, 15…
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 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…
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…
The king of reporters: Marcel Reif The man to whom everyone is obviously oriented, who “sets the pace”, so to speak, who sets the tempo and thus – transferred to reporting — the tone, who sets the jargon, who sets the direction, the champion to whom so many television sets have not fallen victim because…
The reporting in this country is consistently portrayed as extremely bad. Since positive approaches, ideas for improvement and not pure nagging should prevail, the question arises whether it could be done better and if so, how it could be done. This leads to the idea of taking a look around at how things are done…
Football is booming, no question about it. Full stadiums, especially in Germany, practically every child will kick the ball at some point, many join clubs. It’s the number one sport, so all is well?Well, one is allowed to express some concerns about his future? The framework on which he is built seems quite stable. Perhaps…
“Here the spectators rightly applauded” “The coach rightly praised his team after the match” Commenting on a substitution. after the substitute is named, comes the player’s analysis: “Yes, he didn’t have a good day today. That didn’t work and that didn’t work and in general.” Why only after the substitution? A true expert would perhaps…
