On 6 September 2003, the German national team drew 0:0 in Iceland in a qualifier for the European Championship. On ARD, Gerhard Delling called the match a new Tiefpunkt, a low point, and Günter Netzer joined in the criticism. National coach Rudi Völler answered live on air. He accused the interviewer Waldemar Hartmann of having had drei Weizenbier, three wheat beers. After the 2014 World Cup match against Algeria, a ZDF reporter asked Per Mertesacker critical questions. He replied: Glauben Sie, unter den letzten 16 ist eine Karnevalstruppe?! Do you think there is a carnival troupe among the last 16? Then he said he would lie in the ice bath for three days.
Both answers turned on the questioner. Völler later apologized for his wording, but he kept his criticism of the coverage.