A short EM review

The European Championship is over, the big favourite has won. This is what both the betting market and the computer said, but the computer even advised playing Spain at the beginning. The market had paid a 3.8, the computer calculated fair odds of 3.2. And even in the assessment of Team Spain, after evaluating the…

What is the score of a football match?

Today we have another commentary on the European Football Championship, which, irrespective of the bets and betting recommendations, the betting market and its movements as well as the odds on the title, takes a stand on the content of the matches, the quality of them, the performance of the referees and, marginally, that of the…

The judiciary

Having taken a position on the fate of Hertha BSC a few times now, there shall be another assessment today, as the players’ punishments are due. As a loser, you really have a hard time in this country. And it’s pretty clearly divided into winners and losers. At the Olympics, for example – and please…

The (un)loved probabilities

So if you look at it closely, in all the topics that are currently so hotly debated, probabilities tip the scales, that which is decisive, that which, however, remains unrecognised or at least unarticulated on the other side, and above all, that is how boldly one dares to go out on a limb, that which…

La vecchia Signora…

1) A little history What stands for Juventus Turin in Italy, stands for Hertha BSC in Germany. The old lady, Hertha by name. Of course, as a Berliner you have had a special relationship with this club from an early age. It was certainly out of the question to close your mind as a child…

Holiday” my ass…

Wednesday, 26.4.2012, second leg of the Champions League semi-final, Bayern Munich had to travel to Madrid to defend a 2-1 lead from the first leg, if possible, in order to achieve the dream of every footballer, to reach the final of this gigantic competition, which will be played in Munich, of all places, making the…

Sloppy finish…

Champions League semi-final, Tuesday Bayern – Real, Wednesday Chelsea – Barcelona. It doesn’t get much better than this, which should make all the people in charge at Sky’s mouth water. Today it is important to advertise football, to advertise one’s own programme offer, today one wins new customers, if someone comes to a friend’s house…

Report highlights

1) A live bet Marcel Reif, the king of reporters, has of course not let himself be deprived of the treat of Schalke vs Dortmund as a live match. For a few minutes at the beginning of the game, he even manages to make the viewer believe that he could enjoy the game for once…