There wasn't much left for the red carpet, the evening was perfectly prepared.

Dunja Hayali came up with a wonderful script for the entry of the gladiators - her star guests Emil Forsberg and Peter Gulacsi entered the "sports studio" to the sound of fanfare and hymns of praise.

But something was wrong.

The ZDF presenter looked unusually nervous and tense, and her two footballers occasionally made a face as if they would rather look at the "sports studio" at home in Leipzig in slippers and with their wives in their arms than sit in it.