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Curious TV moment between Sedlaczek and Schweinsteiger
05.02.2025 – 8:45 a.m.Reading time: 2 min.
After the DFB Cup game between VfB Stuttgart and FC Augsburg, there is a remarkable change of word between ARD presenter Esther Sedlaczek and Bastian Schweinsteiger.
ARD presenter Esther Sedlaczek and expert Bastian Schweinsteiger: The duo during the TV broadcasts of the “Sportschau” at DFB Cup and international matches in the first has proven its worth. Since 2021, the 39-year-old has also been leading through the “Sportschau” on Saturday evening and has only recently extended its contract at ARD until 2029.
With ex-international Bastian Schweinsteiger, the native of Berlin kept experiencing curious moments, whether during interviews before and after the games or in direct exchange with the 2014 world champion.
This is also the case on Tuesday evening after the DFB Cup quarter-finals between VfB Stuttgart and FC Augsburg. TV viewers received a sensational exchange live.
What happened? After the game, Stuttgart’s Medin Demirović came to Sedlaczek and Schweinsteiger for an interview, where he answered questions about the victory of his VfB. After that, Sedlaczek said as a little info about the Bosnian: “He has just become dad.”
And Schweinsteiger? He started to smile, looked at the belly of the 39-year-old, who was clearly visible in the bright sweater under a gray down jacket. Both then started laughing before Sedlaczek said: “It takes me a bit, basti.”
She has been married to a Munich businessman since 2019, has already had two children with him: a daughter born in 2019 and a son who was born in 2021. Schweinsteiger, on the other hand, has been married to the earlier tennis world list Ana Ivanović since 2016, the couple has three sons together.