The first half of the World Cup Final on Sunday featured about as much action as possible, and some fans were furious that they were forced to miss a small portion of it due to a broadcasting error.
In the 40th minute of play between Croatia and France, Xfinity customers had their broadcast of the game cut out for a commercial. That’s not supposed to happen in the middle of a half during a soccer match, and fans went ballistic on Twitter:
Fox cut off World Cup final to show #xfinity commercial It said “future is awesome”, but what about present!!
— Dillip Nath (@realdillip) July 15, 2018
Come on, @FOXTV an @Xfinity commercial in the middle of #WorldCupFinal action? NOT COOL!
— Leah Leier (@LeahLeier) July 15, 2018
When Fox goes to a commercial in the middle of the World Cup Final pic.twitter.com/2sf7BkLwDA
— Masshole (@MasshoIe) July 15, 2018
If someone had just scored during that random commercial I think my dad would’ve punched the TV
— Abby Salvadore (@Slackadore42) July 15, 2018
This #WorldCup in a nutshell. Fantastic back and forth game in the final, and @Fox goes to commercial during play.
— Mark F. #SaveTimeless (@mfuery38) July 15, 2018
WHY DID FOX GO TO COMMERCIAL????? pic.twitter.com/jA8VPYMBOj
— John Lovett (@jlove1982) July 15, 2018
France were leading 2-1 at the time. Their first goal came by way of an own goal, and the second was on a penalty kick that was awarded due to a handball in the box. Sandwiched between France’s two goals was a laser from Croatia to tie the score at 1-1, so you can understand why viewers didn’t want to miss any of the action.
