“Hart aber fair” for Fifa scandal: Easy game for Roger Köppel – SPIEGEL ONLINE

At some point in the second half of “hard but fair”, as the mission had already left any serious discussion level and was drifted in a cheerful conversation, there was time for a bit of speculation: What would a viewer by FIFA and Sepp Blatter think of never heard of them, but now has seen this show? That FIFA is the most beneficent organization on earth and puts all her beautiful money only in the football development and Blatter is the largest among all the benefactors within FIFA is? Surely such a thing in the way.

Granted, Moderator Frank Plasberg had difficult. Since just flickered nor the relegation drama to the HSV and the KSC on the small screen, and now it was again “the Fifa power our sport is broken?” – Without there being any new findings to it.

In addition, the evening had been the British comedian John Oliver in his US show “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” the Fifa scandal illuminated in a quarter of an hour in a wonderfully entertaining and yet informative way that you wanted to say: Stop, that’s enough! Good as It Gets!

No one exposed the falsehoods of Blatter supporters

But that the editors of “hard but fair” so easily made and equal again the deputy Fifa communications director Alexander Koch sat around the table, who told the same nonsense as the night before with Günter Jauch, that’s unforgivable.

And right next to it sat the Swiss Roger Köppel, editor in chief of “Weltwoche”, who demanded constantly that Blatter has the presumption of innocence should be applied but, after all, he never had been proven something. Because none of the other participants of the round or even Moderator Plasberg the unmasked as a lie, because Blatter was well established a complicity in the ISL scandal, Köppel took over without further ado communication sovereignty in the round.

Because of comedian Frank Goosen , radio presenter Sabine Töpperwien and “SZ” Hans Leyendecker -Journalist came unfortunately only little resistance. Since Goosen made, in addition to job Vice Chairman at second division VfL Bochum, almost the best figure – which is not a good light raises the other two.

Unfortunately, Töpperwien behaved as they do on the radio and spoke only after direct request, while Leyendecker lost too much in small-small-talk with Koeppel. Unfortunately, it lacked a guest who had carved the two men on the left wing times some of their statements directly with a few facts about the ears – but far and wide no trace of it. And so had already been decided the game before half-time as opposed to relegation, and the duo Koeppel / Koch had an easy time

One thing you have the two leave. For the entertainment value of the program they have some contribution. Perhaps the most beautiful sentence said Koch: “If a Uruguayan is bribed by a Brazilian, then all talk again by FIFA.” Should read: Sepp Blatter can not but take care of everything. If he sits in Zurich and elsewhere in the world make any scoundrels crooked businesses in his organization, why is he responsible?

Embarrassing comparisons between Fifa and Uno

In addition, there is the Fifa since 1904, so one can not very well claim that “Blatter with built this system “have. And he lingered, despite the absurdity of this statement not flinch, he makes rare anyway. Even when later all just laughed and giggled – including moderator Plasberg – remained the man seriously. We place about the whole embarrassing Uno comparisons of him and Koeppel times prefer the cloak of silence

Instead, were dutifully touched on a couple of alternatives:. Exit of some major nations and establish a parallel organization? Was somehow not satisfied with. “Sooner or later we have again the same problem,” Goosen said. Boycott the upcoming World Championships? “I’m skeptical,” said Goosen, “which is then indeed fought on the backs of the players.” The TV rights department of ARD and ZDF for the World Cup 2018 and 2022? Was checked with a brief display of a statement of ARD sports coordinator Axel Balkausky.

And seriously wanted Plasberg then a TV-neck and the Blatter Quote “I forgive, but I do not forget” prove that the Fifa boss behaves like a Mafia godfather. As I said, Koch and Koeppel had light in such a long downfield game. Even in this case.

What remains after all the talk shows for Fifa scandal? Relief that they are gone. Because even if it is in “People and Politics” today: “Motive: greed,” it’s there reportedly no longer at the Fifa. But you should probably only believe when Alexander Koch does not sit with the panel discussion.