In the coup against France – Sascha Ruefer’s comments split football Switzerland
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He screamed, he cheered, he criticized, he polarized: Sascha Ruefer’s comment on Switzerland’s historic victory over France IS hotly debated.
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After Switzerland’s victory against France, sports commentator Sascha Ruefer has come under fire.
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The SRF moderator brings a lot of personal opinion into the comments, is irrelevant and annoying, so some opinions on Twitter.
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A media expert and a journalism professor take a close look at the central points of criticism.
Football commentators are in the spotlight and the tastes of the huge TV audience (see below) differ widely. This also applies to the performance of Sascha Ruefer, who commented on Switzerland’s entry into the quarter-finals of Euro 2020 for the SRF. In addition to praise, there is also a lot of criticism. Two experts assess Rüfer’s performance and comment on the criticism on social media.
Objectivity and personal opinion
Ruefer often insists on giving his opinion on the performance of players or the coach. For example Ricardo Rodriguez’s missed penalty, which these loud ruefers “should never have shot”. Rüfer receives criticism for this.
“Medienwoche” editor Nick Lüthi was also annoyed by Ruefer’s comments on Monday evening: “If he had objectively pointed out twice that Rodriguez had already missed the last two penalties, that would be okay. But then picking on him a third and fourth time, that’s overstepping the curve. ” But he analyzed the facts correctly: “As he said, it was a turning point, Switzerland got into trouble after the missed penalty and was quickly 1: 2 behind.”
For journalism professor Guido Keel from the Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Ruefer’s emotional outbursts were legitimate: “Sport does not necessarily have to be commented on live, the reporting thrives on the fact that it is subjective and personal. As long as criticism is not extremely hurtful or inhumane, it should also have its place in sports comments to this extent. “
Puns
Ruefer also attracts attention again and again with play on words. For example, he compared the early stages of the game with 16-year-olds that it was like “shyly touching” the girls and boys in the disco. Goalie Yann Sommer flew “towards the sun” to grab a ball on the way and in the end Ruefer didn’t regret having switched on the television, he was leaning on Edith Piaf’s hit “Je ne regretterte rien”. That didn’t go down well everywhere either.
Guido Keel was particularly surprised by the comparison with the 16-year-olds: “It’s a matter of taste what someone finds funny and what isn’t. But when men of Ruefer’s age make slippery slogans about teenagers, I find that at the limit of good taste. ”
Lüthi, on the other hand, wasn’t bothered by Ruefer’s sayings: “Sure, anyone who doesn’t like Ruefer’s sayings had reason to get upset yesterday, too. On the other hand, those who comment too dryly are quickly labeled as pointless and unemotional. With Sascha Ruefer you get what you expect. He doesn’t spoil the gaming experience for me. ”
Cheers, emotions
Ruefer is known for not holding back with emotions – whether happy or angry. His voice soared when the referee whistled “Penalty for Switzerland, penalty for Schweeeiz”. When Rodriguez shoots it, Ruefer gushes out: “No, that’s impossible, it doesn’t exist, I don’t get it, I just can’t get it,” he yells into the microphone.
For expert Lüthi, Ruefer’s emotions are authentic: “These are spontaneous reactions, dying is neither fake nor embarrassing or ingratiating. The fact that Rüfer IS hostile for this is part of his job. He earns very well for that. ” In addition, there has probably never been a sports commentator who was not attacked: “Even Beni national” was criticized. In a job where there are so many emotions involved in the audience, that’s just part of it. ”
Ruefer’s emotions did not go down badly everywhere, as the following tweets prove:
As SRF writes in a message, up to 1.612 million viewers from German-speaking Switzerland followed the Swiss round of 16 coup live on SRF Zwei. On average over the entire spectacle game – from kick-off at 9 p.m. to the decisive penalty parade by Yann Sommer at 11.45 p.m. – 1,428 million people were connected to SRF Zwei. This average corresponds to a market share of 72.1 percent.
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