Michael Ballack: Ex-kicker celebrates his debut as an RTL football expert

Michael Ballack will appear for the first time as a football expert for RTL. On Wednesday he analyzed the test match between Germany and the Czech Republic.

Michael Ballack (44) is returning to German television as an expert. As the broadcaster RTL announced, the former soccer star will analyze the German national team's test match against the Czech Republic on Wednesday (November 11). Corona-related from a TV studio in Cologne at the side of presenter Laura Wontorra (31). The game itself takes place in Leipzig.

It is the first time that Ballack is in action for RTL. From 2012 to 2016 he worked as a football expert for the US sports broadcaster ESPN. The "Capitano", as Ballack is still called today due to his earlier services to the DFB-Elf, is looking forward to the encounter. "The match between Germany and the Czech Republic is a duel with a very special history, not least because of the German European Championship victory in 1996." He is hoping for "an exciting game". Kick-off is at 8:45 p.m., RTL broadcasts live from 8:15 p.m.

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