Claudia Neumann is again heavily criticized for her game commentary.
The ARD “Sportschau” calls for moderation.
Even the ZDF woman leave the comments cold.
Munich - She is still one of the few women who comment on football games in front of a TV audience of millions: Claudia Neumann. Many viewers criticize the
ZDF
journalist for her appearances, including now at this European Football Championship *. Most recently she commented Denmark * against Belgium *. Now the colleagues of the
ARD
- "Sportschau" campaigned for the
ZDF
commentator after many reviews on the Internet had again fallen below the belt.
"Despite the fact that Claudia Neumann and Ariane Hingst the
ZDF
comment, a nicer approach would be to each other and a little more respectful tone quite cool, right?" Said the
ARD
- "Sports Show" on Thursday night via Twitter during the EM * -Vorrundenspiels between the Danes and the Belgians, which ended 1: 2.
Ex-DFB national player Hingst had assisted Neumann.
Sometimes rude comments to Neumann - they leave them cold
Previously, as in the past, some TV viewers on social networks had criticized Neumann's use and performance at the microphone with sometimes foul language.
"I'm not sexist or misogynistic, but Claudia Neumann is just a bad football commentator," was one of the moderate comments on Twitter.
But Neumann is not always badly received: Others took the side of the 57-year-old, who has been
commenting on
football games for
ZDF
at major tournaments for years
. "Commentator duo Claudia Neumann and Ariane Hingst just make me proud as a woman in sport," said a Twitter user. The commentator's appearance moved many people one way or another: “Claudia Neumann” even became a Twitter trend after the game.
Neumann himself leave comments on the Internet cold. “I still don't read anything, I only get information when someone asks me about it. The reflex to look online after games is really alien to me. It has always been, today even with 100 percent consistency, "the commentator had told the German press agency before the game in Copenhagen.
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