Comments on: Zurück durch Technik

By: Alex

Alex — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 11:22:53 +0000

Well, good for Germany. Bad for Der Spiegel, whose issue of this week carries a lengthy article about German football’s existential crisis and whether the manager should be sacked.

By: Kimberley

Kimberley — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 08:13:31 +0000

The BBC had a couple of blips but at least we got the replay of the goal. In any case, the live commentary continued and I checked out some of the live web reporting. What was really annoying was the apologetic voiceover interrupting the commentary to explain that the feed had died and again when the feed went back up, like we hadn’t noticed, argh!

Btw, I’m hearing a lot about how Turkey was the better team but, if you’ll forgive the obvious, it’s the goals that count. They didn’t have a good finisher and thus were not as a complete a team. Not that I’m without sympathy for the Turks and I’m hoping either Spain or Russia win the final.

By: Toader

Toader — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 23:10:38 +0000

There was a massive thunderstorm in Vienna, from where UEFA was broadcasting the game. Only the Swiss were allowed to have a separate feed, and theirs was unaffected, so Europe just watched from the Swiss feed. The Americans just missed the last 25 minutes (and last two goals)

By: Olaf

Olaf — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 22:34:14 +0000

Rumors told about a power glitch in Vienna where the international feed is presented to the broadcasters.

German television switched to swiss TV at the 2nd incident.
So, germany watched all goals ;).

By: Vince

Vince — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 22:26:26 +0000

We were not sure if it was just us here in Germany or if everyone in Europe lost the signal as well!

By: Seesaw

Seesaw — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 21:09:30 +0000

If somebody told me this can happen in 21 century, at EURO 2008, in Basel, I would not believe it.
This is great shame, and I can only guess how viewers in Turkey felt, who did not see the second goal, or in Germany for that matter. Spoilt evening!