From the podcast to the telly – is that possible? And whether!
At least if you don’t shy away from larger investments, like the TV scientists at the World Cup channel MagentaTV, which is always a bit too colorful. For the two semi-finals and the final, the Telekom channel (keeps the ratings secret) hired the brothers Toni (32/Real Madrid) and Felix Kroos (31/end of career) as commentators. More aptly: as an entertainer. Style direction: Rudi Carrell – dry and dirty.
Kroos and Kroos – on MagentaTV they bring their podcast “Einfach mal Luppen” to World Cup television
Their successful audio format “Einfach mal Luppen” quickly becomes “LuppenTV”. In the case of Argentina versus Croatia, that means 135 minutes of live commentary – Football 4.0. Where the crisis DFB may never arrive…
The Lupfer program looks like this with a picture: Felix on the couch in Berlin-Köpenick between flips and peanuts, world champion Toni in a cream-colored full-body jogger on the sofa of the real training center in Valdebebas. There’s a few teases for the 15-minute warm-up – and the camera always stays on it…
Opponent dribbling dizzily The world marvels at THIS Messi template
Felix: “You’ve put on your best clothes!”
Toni: “And you the brown sweater! Watch out, grandpa will call tomorrow!”
Felix: Is it about the looks? We finally want to watch the World Cup together.”
Toni: “Yes, that was a long time ago, it must have been in 2006. Honestly, my resignation was planned well in advance so that this can come true…”
Felix: “Now the Argentine anthem! Toni, you never sang so loud!”
You can tell that the “loose tongue siblings” are trying not to serve up any facial gaffes in this reality format for footballers. What else we would probably find out about Béla Réthy, Claudia Neumann or Wolf Fuss if we could watch them at work for 90 minutes.
The product placement for a sugar fizzy drink is a bit disturbing – but we ended up on private television here. It quickly becomes clear that the initial concern about excessive lengths in the game commentary is unfounded. Anyone who expects tactical analyzes and all-round carefree information has landed on the wrong channel here.
Kroos and Kroos (formerly called Klaus and Klaus) bridge the growing boredom with games: Who has the most possession of the ball in the 1st half? As a punishment, the tip loser (Felix) has to endure for five minutes in the second half how a shirtless photo of him from a drunken tour is shown. Felix: “That was the night of the 2014 World Cup final. I was at Malle and celebrated extensively…”
Zack-bang! K1 and K2 don’t procrastinate, they just go for it. How much you would have liked to have seen this Kroos experiment at the three German World Cup games. If Toni (5-time Champions League winner) would have been as open as he was about Real buddy Luka Modric (“Even after losing training games, he needs five minutes to cool down”) or Leo Messi (“Those nasty tripping steps from Messi!) chatted? Would Toni even have become the chief critic of the Hansi nation? Probably not. The old still-too-close argument…
Well plucked! Ex-Bayern boss Rummenigge (left) in the first semi-final with Fifa boss Infantino in the stands
Ex-Bayern star Toni, on the other hand, is a good deal away from his ex-boss Karl-Heinz Rummenigge. When it is shown in the VIP stand in Qatar at minute 53, the evening’s Kroos dialogue develops. One with trace elements of explosives. Because a reference to the former Bayern boss’s Rolex watch affair in 2013…
Felix: “There, Kalle!”
Toni: “Isn’t he already busy in the committee?”
Felix: “In the SFK, the sports director selection committee, you mean…”
Toni: “That’s a very laissez-faire approach, the topic!”
Felix: “One can only hope that the return journey will be smoother for Kalle this time…”
Toni’s reaction: He just laughs his head off.
Hopefully FC Bayern will not have to pronounce the next greenkeeper ban for life for an ex-star in the old Matthäus tradition. Kroos and Kroos joke about Rummenigge! They really don’t give a shit.
And otherwise? In minute 78 Toni just goes to the toilet dull. It also only runs on LuppenTV. When it comes to public law, colleagues obviously never have to…