Gunter Netzer has praised Bastian Schweinsteiger for his first appearance as ARD-football expert. “I, the ARD can congratulate only to this commitment. Bastian Schweinsteiger is a great character, a personality in German football, which I appreciate very, very much,“ said Netzer, the German press Agency, according to Schweinsteiger’s Premiere on the weekend in the DFB Cup final.
Still, the former TV pundit Netzer sees the world champion of 2014 is still potential for improvement. “He will experience, he will learn from these performances. This will improve over Time. The same happened to me,“ said the 75-Year-old.
After the 4:2 final win of FC Bayern against Bayer Leverkusen, Thomas Müller had called his former team-mate Schweinsteiger jokingly as “Günter Netzer junior”. Netzer feels in his own time as a TV expert reminds. “I can still remember my first appearance for the first time in 1998 during an international match against Brazil in Stuttgart. The was praised, but there has also been criticised – like the great personalities of the case,“ said Netzer. “This is happening, Bastian Schweinsteiger also. He works at a very high level, he must know. He will have to make a Special, he needs to get used to.“
