If in France the viewers of M6 et beIN Sports did not see the slow motion of the violent shock involving Barnabas Varga during Hungary – Scotland (1-0), Sunday June 23, this is not the case of those of the BBC. The British channel actually rebroadcast the action, attracting a barrage of criticism.
This is explained because the BBC uses the UEFA stream for the broadcast of Euro 2024 matches and therefore has no control over the control and choice of the images that go on air. The channel’s presenter, after apologizing, then pointed the finger at UEFA for not having respected its protocol which indicates not to rebroadcast an action where an injury could be serious.
“We were very surprised”
“We were as shocked as you when they rebroadcast this incident. There are protocols for this sort of thing after Christian Eriksen three years ago and we were very surprised that UEFA decided to show this slow motion, which is why we immediately cut to wide angle as soon as we could “, she justified.
Sunday, a few seconds after the violent clash between Varga and the Scottish goalkeeper, the players formed a barrier around their teammate so that no image was captured, then a sheet was brought to the image of what had happened three years ago during the heart attack of Dane Christian Eriksen.
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Varga was finally evacuated after several minutes and is now out of danger, explained his coach Marco Rossi. “He will probably have surgery in the next few hours because he suffered a fracture here (showing his cheek and eye socket). If we go further in the competition, of course he will no longer be part of the team.”detailed the coach.
