‘Driving me berserk!' – Fans pulling their hair out at Sky Sports' major technical glitch in Lions opener vs Australia
After a massively successful warm-up campaign Down Under, viewers were excited for the main event.
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Fans were left 'infuriated' after a glitch in Sky Sports' commentary for the Lions' opener
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But Lions supporters tuning into Sky Sports were left "infuriated".
That's because the commentary appeared to be a second or two
AHEAD
of the pictures on screen.
And fans just couldn't focus on the action as they were left tearing their hair out.
Taking to X, one fumed: "The Sky commentary is a fraction of a second ahead of the footage and it is driving me berserk."
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Another said: "Lions commentary on sky is slightly ahead of the pictures and it is infuriating."
A third wrote: ""@SkySports the commentary on the Lions game is ahead of the action. Fix it!"
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