Many German internationals have gone on to become TV football commentators after retiring, with Franz Beckenbauer and Netzer in the older generation, Lothar Mateus, Stefan Effenberg and Dietmar Hamann on Sky TV, Melmut Sauer for TV 1, Kahn as a guest on RTL and Jens Lehmann on RTL.

These commentators have different styles, like Mateus, just as they do when they play football: the troublemaker. When he was a player, he was famous for his "big mouth", and after becoming a guest commentator on the TV station, "Ma Big Mouth" was even more saliva. In Mats Hummels' final year at Borussia Dortmund, after the national derby against Bayern Munich, Mateus criticised Hummels for conceding a goal that caused him to lose the game.

For this reason, Jurgen Klopp, who was close to the protector, argued in the live broadcast room.

Mateus is accustomed to being unforgiving, and often breaks some nonsensical revelations, such as the 2014 World Cup, mocking Brazilian players for always crying, Josep Guardiola will leave Munich once his contract expires, and Juachim Loew will be on Bayern's list of managers......

Although controversial, the poisonous tongue of Mateus is loved by fans, compared to Altmar Heathfield, who is also a commentator for Sky Channel.

The old coach is straightforward when explaining tactics and has absolutely rich professional knowledge, but when commenting on the performance of players, he will strictly adhere to the golden mean, quite like Sun Zhengping, and comment on a fierce game tepidly.

Mateus, Beckenbauer, Effenberg and others are all guests of the pay station Sky Sports, and the most common German audience is actually Sauer, Kahn and Lehmann, who frequently appear on public television.

Sauer, who was born in the front midfield, has a German sense of humor, such as in the 2012 European Championship, Portugal's Elder Postiga tackled Manuel Neuer, and commented on this foul: "The yellow card is light, the red card is over, and the 'deep' yellow card can be issued."

In the 2014 World Cup, Germany won the championship, and a TV station showed the German four-star jersey in the live broadcast room, and Sauer unceremoniously wrapped the clothes around his waist: "Now it's mine!" ”

Although he also criticizes Bayern and the national team, Sauer is basically regarded by the media as a "national team drummer".

As a frontcourt player, Sauer has a special focus on attacking players.

At Euro 2012, Sauer thought Mario Gomez was running too little, leaving the famous quote: "I was even worried that he had bedsores and needed someone to roll him over." ”

After the incident, both German coach Loew and team leader Bierhoff criticized Sauer, who had to apologize: "This analogy is also improvised, I often forget that I am facing the camera. ”

However, Sauer proved to be even more poisonous, and Gomez gradually fell out of favor at Bayern Munich and the national team after the European Championship, proving that Sauer was quite forward-looking against him.

Kahn was cool on the pitch and didn't change his way of doing things as a commentator. When commenting on the game, the "Lion King" is never polite, but whenever any player is targeted by him, he will inevitably pounce on him with a fatal mouthful.

Netizens' evaluation of Kahn is: Although sometimes it is not marginal, it is full of lethality, and a dull game can be scolded by Kahn after the game. Angering Karn meant endless debates and endless troubles.

As for Lehmann, his level of evaluation has not even reached the level of being a substitute for his old enemy Kahn, so he went to England for the new season and joined his old club Arsenal as a member of the coaching staff.

The change of a good German player into a German poisonous tongue is actually a style of football commentators, because most football games are dull, sometimes you watch the game and you can't see the goal, so you need this style of commentator to get the attention of the audience.

Sky Sports' Mateus, German TV 1 Sauer, TV 2 Kahn, the three can gather together to explain the Schalke 04 and RB Leipzig game, which is driven by Sky Sports, Red Bull Group and other businesses for profit, as well as the German Football Federation and the German Football Association to promote the Bundesliga.

If Mero and Gareth Bale, who has a transfer fee of 100 million euros, are the brands of La Liga, Paul Pogba with 105 million euros is the top name of the Premier League, Gonzalo Higuain with 90 million euros is the first value in Serie A, and Neymar with 222 million is the ace of Ligue 1, then the second transfer fee in world football (100 million pounds, 110 million euros) is the standard king of the Bundesliga.

The Premier League, which has been losing world-class stars, bought the hot French star Pogba by Manchester United last season to save the face of the former first league, and the Premier League, La Liga, and Serie A all have the top five players who can squeeze into the transfer fee list of world football.

As one of the five major leagues, the Bundesliga and French Ligue 1, before the transfer of Zhang Zhetian and Neymar, Eldin Cavani's 64 million euros ranked tenth, not to mention that the highest transfer fee in the history of the Bundesliga is only 40 million euros, and it is not even in the top 20.

Although in the era of Jinyuan football, the transfer fee of players will be higher and higher, but correspondingly, it will increase the popularity and influence of the league, if it is not for the strict financial control of the German Football Association, resulting in the German giants unable to compete with the giants of other leagues and nouveau riche in the transfer market.

Ligue 1, which has always been the little brother of the five major leagues, has squeezed into the top three in terms of transfer investment for several seasons, and even the league standard king can also rank fourth, which makes the Bundesliga in recent years by Paris Saint-Germain and Monaco and other local tyrant teams to cover the limelight, in fact, the German Football Association and the football league wish that Bayern, which has strong financial resources, can be arrogant, even if it is not as rich as the Premier League can spend 100 million, it can also create a transfer similar to the Serie A standard king.

Unexpectedly, it was not Bayern or Dortmund who fought for them, but last season's promoted horse, the only upstart in the Bundesliga, RB Leipzig.

The 110 million euros bought is the talented goalkeeper Zhang Zhetian, who became famous in the Europa League in the first half of the year, although he has only been at the top of the transfer fee list in world football for less than a month, he is still the No.1 player in the goalkeeper position and the second highest transfer fee in the world.

The German Football Association and the professional football league are proud, the top five transfer lists happen to be France, Germany, England, Spain, the top ten are all players from the five major leagues, as the only seedling in the Bundesliga and ranked second, how can the top leaders of German football not rejoice?

More importantly, after Zhang Zhetian transferred to the Bundesliga, the keywords of the Bundesliga, Germany, and RB Leipzig became the top hot words on the Internet, and most of the search volume came from China, which is in line with the strategic policy of the German Football Association and the Football League to develop the Chinese market.

Modern football is already an industry and a business today, just like the entertainment industry, which requires a large number of stars to maintain the operation of the industry.

Therefore, the necessary packaging and publicity are indispensable, so this also promotes the determination of the German Football Association and the Football League to integrate resources and create Zhang Zhetian as the image spokesperson of the Bundesliga.

It has even borrowed from the practice of the Premier League to launch a cooperative method of live commentary by Chinese and German TV commentators, mainly focusing on the matches between RB Leipzig and strong teams, including the league, the German Cup and the Champions League.

Although Zhang Zhetian changed his nationality, he is still an idol in the hearts of Chinese fans, and because the details of cooperation have not been discussed with some Chinese media, Zhang Zhetian's Bundesliga debut failed to stage a Sino-German cooperation commentary.

However, this time, the promotion of the cooperation of the three TV stations to explain in the live broadcast room basically did not encounter any trouble, and it was quickly achieved, to the surprise of the TV station and the German football officials, the ratings and attention were the highest in the first round, which made them firm in addition to the competition, in other aspects of the support of RB Leipzig.

So this game sent 36-year-old whistle Felix Zwil as the referee, Zwil previously officiated the German Super Cup, is one of the best referees in Germany, it can be seen how much effort the German Football Association and the professional league have put into this game.

"Oliver, there are three of us, and you are the only one who is the most qualified to evaluate Zhetian Zhang. Do you think he will replicate last season's stellar performances, or will he have an up-and-down in sophomore form? Of the three former German internationals, Mateus, the oldest and most famous, asked his younger brother Kahn.

Because they were all goalkeepers, Mateus said that Karn was the most qualified person among the three of them to comment on Palm Zhetian.

Kahn was a guest on the first leg of the quarter-finals of last season's Champions League on Channel 2 in Germany, witnessed the miraculous performance of Zhang Zhetian, and once called out that he was inferior to him.

"A lot of young players do well in their rookie season, even very well, but in the second season, there is a significant decline, so the second season is the most important test for the newcomers. Of course, most people will encounter the rookie wall, some survive, some fail, but there is still no shortage of people who are not afraid of the rookie wall, I think, Zhe Tian Zhang is such a person. ”

"You've got faith in him, Oliver." Mateus seems to know that Kahn will say that, after all, last season's performance at Arsenal was amazing, you know, he is only 19 years old, how many 19-year-old goalkeepers in history, can he do this?

Sauer pointed to the starting list on the table and said: "I think Leipzig is ostensibly 442, but in fact it should be 433. With Forsberg, the league's assist king last season, absent, Keita may have to shoulder the responsibility of attacking playmaking and playmaking up front. Last season, he had a quasi-double-double of eight goals and eight assists. ”

Mateus shook his head and said: "I agree with what you said earlier, judging from the formation and position map, Keita on the left front is actually a free man in the front, with two midfielders in the back, he may take on more offensive responsibilities in this game, but he is a B2B midfielder, and it is difficult for him to play the role of Forsberg in terms of organization and midfield scheduling." The quasi-double-double stats are good for an all-round midfielder like him, but don't forget that he has been average in the strong dialogue, and his form has fluctuated greatly. ”

Generally speaking, the commentator can't have a special position, but he can still support one side and fight with each other, after all, it's a show, and the audience likes to watch it.

Karn reminded: "You forgot that the palm is a different kind of goalkeeper? ”

Mateus and Sauer glanced at each other and said in unison: "A goalkeeper with his own offensive attributes? ”

Kahn laughed: "Hasenhuttl dares to put Forsberg on the bench, and in addition to protecting him from another injury, he will definitely take advantage of the offensive characteristics of the palm." ”

On the pitch, players from both sides held hands on their shoulders in the center circle, formed a circle, bowed their heads, and observed a minute of silence for the victims of the Barcelona terrorist attacks.

Domenico Tedesco stood on the sidelines, chin propped up, knowing that Schalke had been questioning his hiring and was keen to get off to a good start with a win over his opponent.

Unfortunately, the opponent in the first battle was something he was very reluctant to encounter, and if nothing else, just a palm on the sky would give him a headache.

The Premier League has conceded zero goals, assists double-doubles, and if it weren't for the suspension, I'm afraid the goals would have to be double-doubles, especially in the Champions League against Bayern and Real Madrid.

Yes, the Robery combination plus Robert Lewandowski, the No. 1 center forward in the Bundesliga, Cristiano Ronaldo, can't break or even score more goals in front of him, as far as Schalke 04's attack power is concerned, don't joke, it's great to make a world-class anti-sky save from Zhang Zhetian.

The tactical arrangement before the game, in addition to requiring the back three to pay attention to the ball behind the opponent, is also required to avoid fouling in the threat zone and send set-pieces to the opponent when defending in their own half.

Although he doesn't think that Zhang Zhetian's free kick hit rate is 100 shots, this German-Chinese will indeed score as long as he kicks a free kick, so he still needs to pay attention to this aspect.

As for scoring to win, forget it, Tedesco's inner idea is 0-0, so many giants in the Premier League have broken the ten finger barriers, not to mention Schalke 04, a declining strong team that can only mix relegation and midstream in China.

At 5:30 p.m. on August 19, 2017, referee Felix Zwil blew the whistle and Schalke 04 and RB Leipzig started the crucial first round of the Bundesliga.

Leipzig still played the same tactical style, using quick passes to put pressure on Schalke 04. The Royal Blues defence was airtight, with Leipzig's lack of clever movement up front and a tight opposition defence to create great scoring opportunities.

Ralph Hasenhuttl sat in the dugout, and the opening tentative let him see the solidity of the hosts' defense, without the presence of Emil Forsberg, Leipzig, who lacked the engine in the midfield, could only play a thunderous and small attack.

Turning his gaze to Zhang Zhetian, who was standing outside the penalty area, Hasenhuttl got up and walked to the sidelines, raised his hand and gestured.

Tedesco saw it in his eyes, his eyes flickered, and he said secretly: "Change tactics so quickly? ”