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12 July 2021 • 9:37am
Despite going on air earlier than ITV, the BBC avoided mentioning crowd trouble and ticketless fans forcing their way into the stadium
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“Shouldn’t you be at church - we’re all praying,” said Gary Lineker, in a twist on Des Lynam’s 1998 classic before pausing for the first of, at a rough count, five pre-match musical montages. It is the BBC’s signature sports offering and they typically do deliver to varying degrees of excellence. They were onto a second montage by the time that ITV joined the party 10 minutes later, but it was not long before you realised that the BBC had badly squandered that early advantage.
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