{"id":142064,"date":"2018-06-16T14:01:09","date_gmt":"2018-06-16T14:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/english\/phil-neville-has-broken-the-bbc\/"},"modified":"2018-06-16T14:01:09","modified_gmt":"2018-06-16T14:01:09","slug":"phil-neville-has-broken-the-bbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/english\/phil-neville-has-broken-the-bbc\/","title":{"rendered":"Phil Neville &#8216;has broken the BBC&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>                                  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Colour bars\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/113A7\/production\/_102076507_5fc012ba-eb6a-47f9-b2fa-9e1fbd9c5afc.jpg\"\/><figcaption>Image caption                                      BBC coverage cut from Neville&#039;s analysis of France-Australia, to Argentina fans, then colour bars                              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"caps\">Football pundit Phil Neville has been, jokingly, accused of breaking the BBC.<\/p>\n<p>Neville was about to give his views on the use of VAR technology following France&#039;s 2-1 World Cup win over Australia when the television feed went down for several seconds.<\/p>\n<p>Football writers and fans were quick to pounce on the irony on social media, with roughly 5,000 tweets in the first half hour after the incident.<\/p>\n<p>A BBC spokesman confirmed there had been a technical issue.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>World Cup 2018: How will VAR work in Russia?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As Gerry McCulloch, head of digital media for Celtic Football Club, pointed out: &quot;Technological fault interrupts BBC analysis of football technology.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Content is not available<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Phil Neville has broken the BBC,&quot; tweeted Kristian Walsh of the Liverpool Echo.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Fair play for pulling the plug,&quot; tweeted @wayneleedsfan in reply to a post by Match of the Day.<\/p>\n<p>Before being cut off, Neville, the former Manchester United and Everton defender, said of VAR: &quot;I don&#039;t like it. I&#039;ve not liked it from day one.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>He also disagreed with the VAR decision to award France a penalty.<\/p>\n<p><strong>You may also like:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Russian MP: Avoid sex with foreign men during World Cup<\/li>\n<li>Does England have the most critical media in world football?<\/li>\n<li>Russians don moustaches in support of their team<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>However, before the match former Ivory Coast and Chelsea striker Didier Drogba tweeted how happy he was to be alongside Neville, the head coach of the England women&#039;s team, in the studio.<\/p>\n<p>                           Skip Twitter post  by @didierdrogba                              <\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Great team for a debut for @BBCSport with @markchapman @AlexScott #philneville #FifaWorldCup2018 #FrancevsAustralia pic.twitter.com\/2wsmka74Jb<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Didier Drogba (@didierdrogba) June 16, 2018<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>              Report                          <\/p>\n<p>End of Twitter post  by @didierdrogba<\/p>\n<p>By the BBC&#039;s UGC and Social News team<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image caption BBC coverage cut from Neville&#039;s analysis of France-Australia, to Argentina fans, then colour bars Football pundit Phil Neville has been, jokingly, accused of breaking the BBC. 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