“I’ve never seen it with you”
Laughing attack at Schweinsteiger and Sedlaczek
06.02.2025 – 11:00 a.m.Reading time: 2 min.
During the half-time break of the DFB Cup quarterfinals between Bayer Leverkusen and the 1st FC Köln, there is a curious scene in the TV broadcast of the ARD. The focus: the moderation duo.
3: 2 after extra time, in the “small Rhine derby” the local rival down and out of the DFB Cup: The title defense continues for Bayer Leverkusen after the success on Wednesday evening-against 1. FC Köln the double winner had the Last season, however, a lot of effort until the semi -finals were finally established.
The team of coach Xabi Alonso had nothing to laugh about for a long time-in contrast to the moderation duo of the ARD “Sportschau”, which transferred the game live. Because Esther Sedlaczek and Bastian Schweinsteiger provided after their curious change of words on Tuesday evening after the first quarter-finals between VfB Stuttgart and FC Augsburg (more read here) directly for the next sensational moment on live TV.
What happened? Half -time break in the BayArena. Sedlaczek and Schweinsteiger discuss what Leverkusen should do better in the second round – after all, Cologne only took the lead 1-0 in added time in the first half. In the course of the entertainment, the 39-year-old then ask the 2014 world champion, whereupon the Cologne residents would now have to be prepared-after all, Leverkusen would put a lot of pressure. To clarify the “pressure”, Sedlaczek claps the fist and moves it back and forth in order to indicate the proverbial “accelerator”.
This gesture of the ARD woman apparently surprised Schweinsteiger, he asks her directly to repeat the action. “I’ve never seen that with you,” added the 40-year-old grinning. Then both can no longer master and break out in loud laughter.
Finally, Schweinsteiger also answers Sedlaczek’s question about the Leverkusen reaction: “But yes, you have to do that now”-and visibly also makes the “GAS” gestures with a concentrated fist. And the TV broadcast of the second DFB Cup quarter-finals had the next curious moment between Esther Sedlaczek and Bastian Schweinsteiger.
The duo in the TV broadcasts of the “Sportschau” at DFB Cup and international matches in the first has proven its worth for years. Since 2021, the Berlin native has also been leading through the “Sportschau” on Saturday evening and has only recently extended its contract at ARD until 2029. On Wednesday, Sedlaczek announced that she would expect her third child.