Manchester City’s Kevin De Bruyne celebrates with the trophy after profitable the Champions League.
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German broadcaster ZDF hit back on June 11 at sexist insults on social media focusing on Claudia Neumann after she grew to become the primary lady in Germany to commentate on the males’s Champions League remaining.
“Claudia Neumann is a professional and experienced commentator, which she again showed during the Champions League final,” ZDF sports activities editor Yorck Polus mentioned, “Constructive and factual criticism of her work is completely fine. But the huge outpouring of hate and insults made against her is totally unacceptable.”
The 59-year-old Neumann’s title was trending already on Twitter in Germany even earlier than the kickoff of the sport between Manchester City and Inter Milan in Istanbul on Saturday evening. City gained 1-0.
Neumann grew to become the primary lady in Germany to commentate at a significant males’s soccer match throughout Euro 2016 and has been subjected to sexist abuse ever since. ZDF responded to the abuse in opposition to her throughout the 2018 World Cup by limiting its remark choices on the likes of Facebook and Twitter.
“Commentary is a matter of taste but with women the rejection starts already before kickoff,” former Germany participant Katja Kraus advised ZDF on Sunday. (AP) VM
