A saying from RTL expert Steffen Freund (51) causes excitement during the World Cup qualifying game of the German national team in North Macedonia (4-0).
That happened: When a North Macedonian player was injured on the ground, the 1996 European champion said: “It hurts just looking at it! The women at home please look away in this slow motion. “
The outrage is boiling up on the Internet. Freund is accused of “sexism”.
A Twitter user writes ironically: “Even women can watch tough duels without starting to cry. Steffen Freund is shocked! “
Another wonders what age the RTL commentator actually comes from – and one user thinks the foul is far less bad than the commentator …
Other users defend Freund against it and consider the excitement to be excessively exaggerated.
As an expert, Freund had to take harsh criticism as early as November: At that time, in a “double pass”, he linked the “lack of discipline” of the players Nabil Bentaleb (26) and Amine Harit (24) with their origins.