Coverage of Scotland’s World Cup group opener against Haiti was disrupted on Sunday morning with fans taking to social media to complain in the aftermath
The BBC were forced to apologise for a loss of picture during Scotland’s World Cup opener against Haiti.
Midway through the first-half, viewers lost coverage of the match held in Boston due to a world feed issue with a ‘ESF USD C’ message appearing, which lasted around five seconds.
Though no incidents were missed, the loss of action would have caused distress across Scotland and the rest of the world as the issue was put down to a world feed issue. The problem meant that it wasn’t just viewers in the United Kingdom that saw their coverage halted.
Commentator Liam McLeod said: “Apologies again if there’s a loss of picture, it’s a World Feed problem so everyone suffered it. But you’re back with us now.”
Meanwhile, a message at the top of the screen read: “Sorry for the loss of picture.”
It would have been a heart-in-mouth moment for Tartan Army supporters watching outside the stadium in Massachusetts, having endured a nervy opening exchange with the FIFA-ranked 83rd team in the world.
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The livewire Ben Gannon-Doak saw his effort saved by Johny Placide before Scott McTominay rose highest and headed over from Andy Robertson’s cross.
But the CONCACAF side were no pushovers with Sunderland’s Wilson Isidor proving to be tough to handle for the Scotland backline.
Meanwhile, Louicius Deedson was a tricky prospect for captain Andy Robertson to deal with down the left-hand side.
But by the time the disruption came during the BBC’s coverage, Scotland were one-up thanks to John McGinn.
The 31-year-old was in the right place at the right time to finish after a flowing move from the Scot’s. Ben Gannon-Doak and Che Adams combined, only for Adams to be denied by Placide. However, the save fell as far as McGinn, who fired into the ground and his effort deflected home.
A win for Scotland would see them go top of Group C after the opener after Brazil were held by Morocco in New York.
It was a difficult afternoon for Carlo Ancelotti’s side as their weaknesses were exposed by the hungry and energetic AFCON winners.
The record World Cup-winners fell behind after just 20 minutes when Brahim Diaz carved open the backline with an incisive pass for PSV Eindhoven’s Ismael Saibari. However, their lead was cut-short when Vinicius Jr equalised before the break.
Brazil had the lion’s share of possession in the second-half but almost found themselves on the end of a 2-1 reverse but Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson Becker kept them at bay with a double save.
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