"Dear fans and friends wherever you are, good evening!"
"Here is the live broadcast of the 18th round of the 2020-21 Bundesliga Season, where the top of the standings, Bayern Munich, will try to steal a point from the resilient Gelsenkirchen pride, Schalke 04!"
"I am the host, Daniel Herzog, and partnering with me today is your former German International, Michael Ballack!"
In DAZN's studio in Munich, the live broadcast of this game had officially started, and the number of viewers rose instantly right at the very first second.
It wasn't just them, per se.
Dozens of media reporters, including Sky Sport Germany, WAZ Gelsenkirchen, and even Kicker, had already occupied the press seats with their lenses aimed at the exit of the player tunnel, waiting for the players from both sides to take the pitch.
How could it not, since this game was probably the biggest one in the country today.
