“Had to find the right words”
SAT.1 moderator was a stadium spokesman at racism slat
18.08.2025 – 4:34 p.m.Reading time: 2 min.
After a racist insult to a Kaiserslautern player, Matthias Killing had to intervene as a stadium spokesman. He also finds clear words after the game.
The first round of the DFB Cup was overshadowed by two racism incidents. Both in the game of Lok Leipzig against FC Schalke 04 and the game between RSV Eintracht Stahnsdorf against 1. FC Kaiserslautern, players were probably racistically insulted from the stands.
In both games, the stadium spokesman announced that the fans asked to refrain from refraining from racist statements. At RSV Eintracht Stahnsdorf, this task was given to a prominent name: Sat.1 moderator Matthias Killing. “Dear spectators, dear football friends, there was a racist insult to a substitute of the 1. FC Kaiserslautern. We are the most determined against every kind of racist insult. Everyone is welcome here. We don’t want to. We do not tolerate that. Please take on your announcement,” said his announcement. According to “Nazis out”, both fan camps began to chant.
Even after the game, the moderator and stadium spokesman spoke up again by Instagram. He shared a video of the announcement and wrote: “I had to find the right words as a stadium speaker – we stand for a cosmopolitan, tolerant and hospitable society.”
An individual could not destroy the football festival. “We are against racism, against xenophobia. The fans of both teams were united-that was the best reaction yesterday at the DFB Cup between our RSV Eintracht and 1. FC Kaiserslautern,” continued Killing.
The viewer who had made the racist statement could be identified with the help of other fans.