Even referee in the Bundesliga stadiums seem popular to his TV commentator Marcel Reif is currently under fire as never before. Football fans going to the 65-year-olds even physically. Where does this extreme dislike for the Swiss?
Last week in Munich Arena during the game against Bayern Cologne. The game is about 15 minutes but still wait for about 30 football fans to sign autographs. But do not wait for Schweinsteiger, Ribéry idol or. But on television commentator Christoph Wolff-foot. The 38-year-old signs then patiently for tickets and jerseys, posing for common Selfies
What do you think of football commentator Marcel Reif?
Christoph Wolff-foot knows his job as Germany's most popular football commentator. He has over 100,000 fans on Facebook, on Sky it is only the number two. Number one is adorned with the title "chief commentator" and is called Marcel Reif. The 65-year-old is not present at Twitter facebook. Where: So completely not true. Because there is a Facebook group about him: "Marcel Reif - comment ban" has over 55,000 fans
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Rudi Voeller is not a member of this group. What does the manager of Bayer Leverkusen from the TV man, he still brought in September 2012 clearly expressed. "What that says to me is a shit, this smart ass! You can still write like that! "
Marcel Reif has for decades been one of the most famous football professionals in Germany. For his legendary report about the "Torfall of Madrid", than before the Champions League match between Real and Borussia Dortmund broke down a door and there was therefore to fill 76 minutes airtime spontaneously, he got together with co-commentator Günther Jauch the Bavarian TV -Price.
Klopp blasphemes, attacking fans Marcel Reif
This is, however, soon was 17 years ago. The popularity of Marcel Reif appears to be declining. The Swiss television journalist has recently also incurred the wrath of Jürgen Klopp, because he had dismissed the Batman and Robin Goal Celebration BVB player Aubameyang and Reus as "Kasperltheather". "The only one who thought that was not funny, was probably Marcel Reif," said Dortmund coach, adding: ". But the place in his life anyway nothing funny"
In fact, was not funny the action before the derby against Schalke. Upon arrival to the stadium frost gets his car into a crowd. Some fans recognize the controversial TV personality - and begin to durchzurütteln hoop car and beat by hand onto the roof. And before the Cup match in Dresden pour Stadium Visitors beer over ripe and abuse him viciously.
"I have not seen a hatred"
"It's not about the beer mug for I can live with, "Reif said. Much worse were the verbal attacks and threats. "One can thus no longer accept that goes far beyond all bounds. So a hatred I have not seen before."
Sky Sports CEO Burkhard Weber demanded by the clubs better protection for frost. "It is for him, unfortunately, not the first time that he is massively attacked," Weber told the Munich newspaper "tz". "Marcel has acquired a thick skin."
Mature insulted colleagues and fans
A thick skin, but also need hoop "victim": players and clubs, as well as employees and colleagues. "Sneak, let's look at me. Ass, "Reif grabbed seven years ago a journalist in the stands, because the commentator who was in view. Because frost which forgets to press his so-called cough, viewers heard his derailment.
Less than a year later scribbled Reif "You säufst too much!" Into the Micro. The trigger was probably a fan who had not behaved appropriately in the vicinity of TV's to the ideas of the commentator.
"Vain, narcissistic snob"?
When fellow journalists of the Swiss enjoys a questionable reputation, wrote the "Rheinische Post" six years ago. "Long floats the otherwise serious acting comment [sic] on top of things and is considered by his coworkers often as vain, narcissistic snob to the one most like a bow makes" it says in the commentary. "In his biography he flirted a few years ago with his arrogance that only affects embarrassing."
Also hoop employees get direct feedback from the chief commentator. After a Tonstörung the derby 2005 he yelled into the former station micro Premiere: "What's that for a weighting theater here ?! Again this theater with the sound of friends, I do not do any longer with!"
Ripe attacks happy to verbal Machete
Marcel Reif has always polarized Every football fan has an opinion about him -.. most radical fact that the 65-year-old can appreciate a football game like no other, which may even his Critics hardly be denied, however, he underwent last more and more mistakes biggest drawback...? player to be confused Sahin or Gundogan Boateng or Alaba frost mixed before by
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players, clubs and fans feel of the 65s always again demonstrated. And remember the reproach. Remarkable: In Dortmund Reif is regarded as BVB haters and Bayern fan - in Munich, it is the other way around. In fact, he pleaded long ago to his fondness for 1. FC Kaiserslautern, for whom he played as a teenager himself.
Watzke takes attacks on frost "out of order"
1985 30 years ago, Marcel Reif has commented on his first game. Almost every German knows his voice today. In all the years Reif is often scandalized. With his comments the 65-year-old has provoked again and again. The developments against the Sky man, however, are questionable. "This is not only me but also my colleagues," Reif said and asks: "You have to set limits, as well as the club is in demand."
Hans-Joachim Watzke has finally a club representative the attacks on Marcel Reif publicly condemned - albeit very cautiously. "This is absolutely wrong," said the BVB CEO
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