{"id":1837,"date":"2022-05-02T17:32:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-02T15:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/neu.ronnyleber.com\/news\/stadium-announcer-at-the-austrian-soccer-cup-final-2022\/"},"modified":"2026-11-05T17:55:45","modified_gmt":"2026-11-05T16:55:45","slug":"stadium-announcer-at-the-austrian-soccer-cup-final-2022","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/neu.ronnyleber.com\/en\/news\/stadium-announcer-at-the-austrian-soccer-cup-final-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Stadium announcer at the Austrian Soccer Cup Final 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yesterday Klagenfurt was the traditional venue for the Austrian Soccer Cup Final 2022 between FC Red Bull Salzburg and SV Ried. For me it was the 12th cup final in a row, in which I had the privilege to be the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ronnyleber.com\/en\/stadium-announcer\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"15420\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">stadium announcer<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Finally playing in front of fans again<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After the last two editions of the Cup Final went off without fans, it was all the nicer yesterday to finally hear fan chants from the corners again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/neu.ronnyleber.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/OeFB-Cup-Finale-2022-Ronny-Leber-Stadionsprecher-819x1024.webp\" alt=\"O\u0308FB Cup Finale 2022 - Ronny Leber Stadionsprecher\" class=\"wp-image-825\" srcset=\"https:\/\/neu.ronnyleber.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/OeFB-Cup-Finale-2022-Ronny-Leber-Stadionsprecher-819x1024.webp 819w, https:\/\/neu.ronnyleber.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/OeFB-Cup-Finale-2022-Ronny-Leber-Stadionsprecher-240x300.webp 240w, https:\/\/neu.ronnyleber.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/OeFB-Cup-Finale-2022-Ronny-Leber-Stadionsprecher-768x960.webp 768w, https:\/\/neu.ronnyleber.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/OeFB-Cup-Finale-2022-Ronny-Leber-Stadionsprecher-1229x1536.webp 1229w, https:\/\/neu.ronnyleber.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/OeFB-Cup-Finale-2022-Ronny-Leber-Stadionsprecher.webp 1300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since I am always the &#8220;neutral&#8221; stadium host at the Cup Final, it is of course important to create a good atmosphere for both sides. The special thing here is that I get to announce the team lineups and goal scorers for both teams. Of course, that&#8217;s even more fun in front of the fans!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">First &#8220;normal&#8221; game in two years<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was also the first game for me where I was back in my &#8220;normal&#8221; position at the bottom of the pitch. During the last two years, I had moved to the stands because the pitch and the players&#8217; tunnel were only passable under the highest security measures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"727\" src=\"https:\/\/neu.ronnyleber.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/OeFB-Cup-Finale-2022-Ronny-Leber-Stadionsprecher-2-1024x727.webp\" alt=\"O\u0308FB Cup Finale 2022 - Ronny Leber Stadionsprecher-2\" class=\"wp-image-826\" srcset=\"https:\/\/neu.ronnyleber.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/OeFB-Cup-Finale-2022-Ronny-Leber-Stadionsprecher-2-1024x727.webp 1024w, https:\/\/neu.ronnyleber.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/OeFB-Cup-Finale-2022-Ronny-Leber-Stadionsprecher-2-300x213.webp 300w, https:\/\/neu.ronnyleber.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/OeFB-Cup-Finale-2022-Ronny-Leber-Stadionsprecher-2-768x545.webp 768w, https:\/\/neu.ronnyleber.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/OeFB-Cup-Finale-2022-Ronny-Leber-Stadionsprecher-2.webp 1300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was just really fun that it was finally a game &#8220;like in the old days&#8221; again. Also the result was as usual\u2026 with the ninth cup victory for Salzburg in the last 10 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now I&#8217;m looking forward to full stadiums and a mighty atmosphere again!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">See you soon,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Your Ronny<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday Klagenfurt was the traditional venue for the Austrian Soccer Cup Final 2022 between FC Red Bull Salzburg and SV Ried. For me it was the 12th cup final in a row, in which I had the privilege to be the stadium announcer. Finally playing in front of fans again After the last two editions [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":824,"template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1837","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/neu.ronnyleber.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/1837","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/neu.ronnyleber.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/neu.ronnyleber.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neu.ronnyleber.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/neu.ronnyleber.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/1837\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2529,"href":"https:\/\/neu.ronnyleber.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/1837\/revisions\/2529"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neu.ronnyleber.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/neu.ronnyleber.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}