Lothar Matthäus: Analysis of the Sky expert’s statements

Lothar Matthäus likes to talk and make a name for himself. As an expert for the pay channel Sky, Germany’s record-breaking national player comments almost every week on everything in football, especially about his favorite club FC Bayern and the national team. The 62-year-old often offends, this year especially with former Bayern boss Oliver Kahn and coach Thomas Tuchel, who was snippy with him in front of the camera. Matthew’s urge to communicate is difficult to grasp: he distributes a lot of praise and a lot of blame, and some things get a little confused.

At this point we try to channel Matthew’s stream of consciousness somewhat. We have 43 for this “Lothar Matthäus columns” on sport.sky.de, which were published from February 14th to December 5th, analyzed. All in all, there are around 90 A4 pages that provide information about what Matthew says, what he means and where he contradicts himself.