{"id":552252,"date":"2026-07-16T07:08:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T07:08:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/552252\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T07:08:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T07:08:13","slug":"bbc-viewers-made-baffling-error-during-complaints-about-england-anthem-vs-argentina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/552252\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC Viewers Made Baffling Error During Complaints About England Anthem Vs Argentina"},"content":{"rendered":"

With tensions already high ahead of the blockbuster World Cup semi-final between Argentina and England, English fans tuning in on BBC were very dissatisfied at national anthem time.<\/p>\n

As both sides lined up in Atlanta pre-match, England’s national anthem God Save The King was serenaded by a chorus of Argentinian boos.<\/p>\n

This left viewers at home unable to hear the anthem, leading to the English fans to return the favour despite Argentina’s enthusiastic vocal performance.<\/p>\n

BBC viewers opted to blame the broadcaster for apparent sound issues not realising it was supporters in the stadium who drowned out the anthems with boos.<\/p>\n

BBC Viewers Made Baffling Error During Complaints About England Anthem Vs Argentina<\/p>\n

Fury as Argentina fans boo so loudly that God Save the King is drowned out – before England supporters boo their anthem https:\/\/t.co\/KgczJ3ijUW<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Daily Mail Sport (@MailSport) July 15, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

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Former England captain Stuart Pearce condemned both sets of supporters for their part in the pre-match booing.<\/p>\n

It’s the most disrespectful I’ve ever known two sets of fans to be so anti each other’s anthems<\/p>\n

Pearce said on\u00a0World Cup GameDay Live.<\/p>\n

And to be fair, I fully expected it to be honest to you, it shows venom.<\/p>\n

@BBC<\/a> what\u2019s with the sound on this England game??? Couldn\u2019t hear the national anthems at all<\/p>\n

\u2014 Amy Wilkinson (@sparklydazzler) July 15, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

England’s semi-final showdown in North America marked the first competitive clash between the pair since the 2002 World Cup.<\/p>\n

England’s rivalry on the pitch with Argentina goes as far back as the 1966 World Cup, as the eventual winners England claimed a 1-0 win over the South American powerhouse.<\/p>\n

Argentina felt there were unfairly officiated in the narrow defeat, which saw recently deceased Antonio Rattin shown his marching orders in the first half.<\/p>\n

England went on to win the World Cup with a 4-2 win over West Germany, which remains their only international triumph to date.<\/p>\n

The South Americans exacted revenge over England at the Azteca Stadium 20 years later as Diego Maradona netted twice in a 2-1 win.<\/p>\n

SEE ALSO: The Irish Heritage of England’s World Cup Superstar Jude Bellingham<\/a>
\nSEE ALSO: “I Can’t Do That” – Shane Lowry Made Loyalties Clear With Argentina Jersey Remark At Open<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With tensions already high ahead of the blockbuster World Cup semi-final between Argentina and England, English fans tuning…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":552253,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[233689,42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-552252","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-england-argentina","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/552252","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=552252"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/552252\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/552253"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=552252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=552252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=552252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}