"When I see something like this, I go insane"

When Fritz von Thurn und Taxis commented on football matches, the microphone vibrated. His elongated R, the imaginative descriptions and cross-comparisons left the audience amazed, at times at a loss, but always well entertained.

The 72-year-old football commentator retired five years ago. However, von Thurn und Taxis is still connected to his job and above all to sport. Only his perspective on things has changed.

Question: Herr von Thurn und Taxis, five years ago you resigned as a commentator on Sky. Since then, football vocabulary has changed: Do you talk privately today of “box”, “difference player”, “switching game” and “pressing”?

Fritz von Thurn und Taxis: Of course you take on some new things, but as an oldie you ask yourself what the point is. There used to be a penalty area, counterattacks and forechecking. Many people still don't know what the box is. There was a duel between Domenico Tedesco and Julian Nagelsmann in which they discussed it as if in a different language. The scientific nature of football bothers me more and more.

Question: Where did football lose its romance?

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