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Football: Very well-known TV commentator withdraws - viewers mean: "Finally"

2020-02-27T08:34:33.657Z


One of Germany's most famous football commentators is withdrawing. And explains his further plans. Spectators sometimes react very badly.


One of Germany's most famous football commentators is withdrawing. And explains his further plans. Spectators sometimes react very badly.

  • Steffen Simon wants to retire to a new position at ARD .
  • The WDR sports director will work in the background at the European Championship 2020 .
  • Simon only wants to comment on a few football games.

Munich - Many TV viewers know him as one of the voices of German football: Steffen Simon from the ARD .

TV: Steffen Simon as a commentator is a permanent institution at ARD and WDR

The Berliner was used at the European Championship 2004, the World Cup 2006, the European Championship 2008, the World Cup 2010, the European Championship 2012 and the World Cup triumph 2014 of the German national team and has been an integral part of the reporting by public service broadcasters on major sporting events for years.

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WDR sports director: Steffen Simon.

© dpa / Arne Dedert

But now the 54-year-old is withdrawing. "It is true that Steffen Simon would like to concentrate even more on his tasks as WDR sports director," said WDR spokeswoman Kristina Bausch to media magazine DWDL.de : "Next up is the European Championship, where he will take on the role of team manager . "

TV / ARD: Florian Naß in place of Steffen Simon in action

As a commentator of live football games *, Florian Naß is to work instead of him, and sports fans are particularly familiar with handball games and the Tour de France. Between 1998 and 2000, Simon had really become known to the German football audience as the moderator of the Sat.1 format ran .

He commented on the first international match of the DFB team on November 11, 2002 in a 1-1 draw against Bosnia-Herzegovina.

Not everyone reacts sadly. The word "finally" can be found several times under the DWDL post on Facebook. And also: “By far the worst commentator ever. Annoying and relatively unsuspecting. "

But there are also a lot of fans: "Back then I loved listening to the radio freaks ..." it says. "Too bad .. irony free" as well.

"Then who should roar at a throw-in, as if three goals had just been scored at the same time?" Asks another user.

With his latest decision, Simon is also somewhat against the trend. Recently, cult commentators had repeatedly agreed to return, at least temporarily, for the DAZN and Magenta Sport stream services - namely Fritz von Thurn and Taxis and Werner Hansch .

TV / WDR clarifies: Steffen Simon will continue to comment occasionally

Simon, on the other hand, chose the second row. As a precautionary measure, the WDR made it clear: "But all of this does not mean that he never wants to comment on a game again."

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* tz.de is part of the Germany-wide Ippen-Digital editors network

Source: merkur

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