תפריט כתבה
Turkish state broadcaster TRT has removed a commentator from its World Cup roster after he mixed up the Iran and New Zealand teams
In the annals of bizarre World Cup broadcast errors, Turkish state broadcaster TRT’s handling of Monday’s Iran-New Zealand match is going to be hard to top. Iran and New Zealand were playing to a 2-2 draw in Los Angeles when TRT commentator Murat Ekrem Çimen started the broadcast with the two teams completely mixed up…
Turkish state broadcaster TRT has removed a commentator from its World Cup roster after he mixed up Iran and New Zealand teams. TRT said in a statement late on Tuesday that the commentator, identified by Turkish media as Murat Ekrem Çimen, had been withdrawn from the World Cup broadcast team in the USA pending investigation. According to reports in Turkish media, Cimen referred to Iran’s attacks as New Zealand’s and described New Zealand’s moves as Iran’s during the opening minutes of the broadcast.
