Ben Bloom of The Daily Telegraph in England had a grand old plan. He was going to live-blog the Jurgen Klopp press conference where the soccer manager would announce he was leaving Borussia Dortmund. There was one thing Bloom didn’t anticipate: That German people speak German.
Watch as a horrified British writer realizes his liveblog event is in German
James Dator has been covering a wide range of sports for SB Nation for over a decade, with a special focus on the NFL.
It started out with so much promise.
It took three minutes for him to realize he was in deep trouble.
The “fake it ‘til you make it” technique only lasted another two minutes when frustration set in.
Kudos to Bloom for realizing that life gave him lemons. At least he was going to try and make the most out of the experience.
While we didn’t know what the heck Klopp was saying, at least we got some hot style tips.
24 minutes after beginning his live blog, Ben Bloom snapped.
Introspection left him wondering if he’d ruined his employer.
He signed off in the most distinctly British way possible.
It’s easy to skewer the writer for expecting the press conference to be in English, but he handled it the best way possible. Ben Bloom was entertaining, did his best in a bad situation and gave us one of the most memorable live blogs in recent memory. Why would anyone call for him to be fired? Give this man a raise.
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