{"id":1547,"date":"2018-03-14T07:58:01","date_gmt":"2018-03-14T06:58:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cfbayern.com\/?p=1547"},"modified":"2018-03-15T12:43:30","modified_gmt":"2018-03-15T11:43:30","slug":"i-sing-with-mane-mane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cfbayern.com\/en\/i-sing-with-mane-mane\/","title":{"rendered":"I sing with Man\u00e9 Man\u00e9!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>Nothing good will happen unless you do it. Just do it.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 640px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('video');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-1547-1\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/cfbayern.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/SpoBi_Mane_Song_DE_neu.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/cfbayern.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/SpoBi_Mane_Song_DE_neu.mp4\">https:\/\/cfbayern.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/SpoBi_Mane_Song_DE_neu.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>As a sports reporter, things happen which have absolutely nothing to do with the job description. Before the 2014 World Cup, Germany\u2019s Lukas Podolski threw me into the swimming pool of the team hotel. Franck Ribery once poured a bucket of water over my head from the top of Bayern\u2019s training centre roof. After winning the Bundesliga title with Bayern, Ghana star Sammy Kuffour celebrated by giving me one of the legendary wheat beer showers. Such moments show, that you shouldn\u2019t always take everything too seriously in football and that you should be able to laugh at yourself. And for that you sometimes have to leave your own inhibitions behind. In my case, this is singing. I am a terrible singer, really awful. \u00a0But I want to overcome my inhibition &#8211;\u00a0 at Liverpool FC.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1541\" style=\"width: 566px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cfbayern.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/img_1458.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1541\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/cfbayern.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/img_1458-1024x769.jpg\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1541\" width=\"556\" height=\"418\" alt=\"Das legend\u00e4re Trainingsgel\u00e4nde Melwood muss bald den Modernisierungen weichen. Schade\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cfbayern.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/img_1458-1024x769.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cfbayern.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/img_1458-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 556px) 100vw, 556px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1541\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A visit\u00a0at\u00a0Melwood<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Since this summer, the Reds, under the leadership of J\u00fcrgen Klopp, have a new magical front three with new signing Mohamed Salah, former Hoffenheim forward, Roberto Firmino and Sadio Man\u00e9. The Senegalese fascinates me in particular, because he probably enjoyed one of the most unusual career paths in modern football. Aged 17, others have already made their debut for the national team, but for Man\u00e9, it was when he heard about tactics and playing systems for the first time. Without any footballing education, he has still made his journey all the way from Africa into the elite circle of the best players in the Champions League. This is what we discuss in my SPORT BILD interview, but there is also another aspect which interests me: It\u2019s a song, which is already a massive hit on the internet.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1537\" style=\"width: 566px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cfbayern.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/img_1464.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1537\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/cfbayern.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/img_1464-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-1537 size-large\" width=\"556\" height=\"417\" alt=\"Photographer Paul and Man\u00e9 are making tactics\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cfbayern.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/img_1464-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cfbayern.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/img_1464-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 556px) 100vw, 556px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1537\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photographer Paul and Man\u00e9 are making tactics<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cI am Cork\u2019s biggest Liverpool Fan.\u201c With these words, Kevin Murphy starts his YouTube video, which already has 3.1 million clicks and rising. To the melody of Archies hit \u201cSugar, Sugar\u201c the Reds supporter sings: \u201cSalah DO DO DO DO DO DO! Man\u00e9, Man\u00e9! And Bobby Firmino!\u201c. At first, I thought that Murphy is really an Irish supporter from Cork, but soon I found out that he is a made-up figure from Stand-Up-Comedian, Richy Sheehy. But that doesn\u2019t lessen the euphoria, which me and Liverpool fans enjoy when we hear the song. In fact, the legendary \u201cKop\u201d sang the song at the Champions League match at Anfield against Porto. The next day, I have my appointment at the training centre in Melwood. After reaching the quarter-finals, the atmosphere is relaxed. Wearing only socks, central defender Dejan Lovren is the first one I see, while defensive partner Joel Matip, collects his mail from reception. The former Schalke player shakes my hand and smiles at my German \u201cHallo!\u201c.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cfbayern.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/img_1455.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/cfbayern.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/img_1455-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1539\" width=\"556\" height=\"417\" alt=\"img_1455.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cfbayern.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/img_1455-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cfbayern.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/img_1455-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 556px) 100vw, 556px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Right after that my interview starts. Sadio seems to be smaller than I thought. The first thing I recognize is his very shy smile. If you check the<a href=\"http:\/\/transfermarkt.de\/\">transfermarkt.de<\/a> website, this guy is worth \u20ac60 million, but he talks very modestly about himself. He is very nice to me from the start. We spend around 30 minutes talking about J\u00fcrgen Klopp, Liverpool\u2019s Champions League hopes, the magical attacking front three and his interesting career path. \u201cThat\u2019s it, we\u2019ve finished with the interview\u201c, I say to Sadio, asking myself if I really should do this. Before, we talked about the Man\u00e9-Man\u00e9-video, I checked to see if he likes it and he does, so I just give it a try.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have a crazy idea and I\u2019m not sure if you are going to like it,\u201c I start and, at the same time, I grab a rattle which I have borrowed from my seven-year-old daughter. On it, I\u2019ve put a sticker with the SPORT BILD Logo &#8212; just to make the toy look semi-official. Then I propose: \u201cIf I sing the Man\u00e9-Man\u00e9-song, would you join in?\u201c Sadio pats his 60-million-euro-thighs, smiles and says very coolly: \u201cYeah ok, let\u2019s do it!\u201c Shortly after, he has the rattle in his hand, while I hold my iPhone, which also shows the song lyrics, just like Karaoke. We are really doing it. Sadio Man\u00e9, Liverpool\u2019s star forward and I are singing:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSalah DO DO DO DO DO DO! Man\u00e9 Man\u00e9!\u201c<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1531\" style=\"width: 566px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cfbayern.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/img_1517.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1531\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/cfbayern.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/img_1517-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1531\" width=\"556\" height=\"417\" alt=\"Thank you for the music\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cfbayern.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/img_1517-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cfbayern.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/img_1517-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 556px) 100vw, 556px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1531\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Thank you for the music<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I\u2019m sure that people will laugh about my singing. I can live with that, because I overcame myself and sang together with Man\u00e9. DO DO DO DO DO DO!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nothing good will happen unless you do it. Just do it. As a sports reporter, things happen which have absolutely nothing to do with the job description. 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