The debut appearance of Slovan Bratislava in the main phase of the Champions League did not bring any surprises from the football side of things. But many viewers were more angered by the live broadcast from Glasgow, which failed miserably. The fans of Sparta Prague were also dialed in on Wednesday evening.
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The starting XI of the Whites before the match in Glasgow.
Those who planned to stay in front of the screen in the company of their favorite club on Wednesday night probably imagined the football holiday differently.
If they wanted to watch a live broadcast via the VOYO streaming platform, they were out of luck. She dropped out a few minutes before the start of the duel, and the image did not start even after the start of the meeting at the Celtic stadium.
VOYO was probably not prepared for the onslaught of football fans who, after many years, wanted to see the Slovak club in the best club competition in the world.
“We are currently registering technical problems that cause outages when playing or loading the service. Colleagues from the technical department are actively working to eliminate the problem.
We believe that everything will be fine again as soon as possible. We ask for your patience and thank you for your understanding,” Markíza TV, which operates VOYO, wrote on the social network about an hour after kick-off.
In most households, instead of top football, they only saw a dark screen with the unpopular message Error 503: Something went wrong.
Viewers made their displeasure clear in the comments under the banner VOYO. Some reported that the transmission started again at the score of 1:5, which was the end of Slovan’s match against Celtic.
The luckier ones could watch the live broadcast on the Nova Sport 6 program, but only Telekom and Digi offer it in premium packages.
The majority of viewers therefore decided to purchase a VOYO subscription for a maximum of 11.99 euros.
It was the Nova Sport television, which also includes Nova Sport 6, that also got on the nerves of viewers yesterday, especially those from the Spartan camp.
During the Champions League match between Sparta Prague and Salzburg, in the 28th minute, she played an advertisement lasting two minutes and forty seconds.
Instead of the fast-paced first half, a beer advertisement appeared on the screen, four bookmakers and, after many Sparta fans took it personally, a trailer for the match between the city’s rival Slavia Prague in the European League.
The broadcaster later apologized for the error, saying it was due to “technical issues running the ad”.
Source: sportweb.pravda.sk
