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Sky Sports Commentator Apologises After Ukraine Blunder

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Updated 19:27 5 Jun 2022 GMT+1Published 18:18 5 Jun 2022 GMT+1

Sky Sports Commentator Apologises After Ukraine Blunder

Martin Tyler was on commentary duty for Ukraine's World Cup qualifier play off with Wales when he said something he felt needed an apology.

Ryan Sidle

Ryan Sidle

Martin Tyler decided to apologise for a throwaway comment, whilst on commentary for Ukraine's World Cup qualifying play off against Wales.

Wales hosted their opponents on Sunday evening in a much delayed World Cup qualifier, after the visitors had defeated Scotland in the semi final on Wednesday night.

The two games, which will decide Europe's final spot at the tournament in Qatar in November, was originally scheduled for March but had to be delayed due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

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Emotions have obviously been extremely high around the games due to the war, with Oleksandr Zinchenko breaking down in tears and pleading for it to end ahead of the Scotland game.

On Sunday though, Tyler managed to give people a giggle around his use of language, as he said Ukraine goalkeeper Heorhiy Bushchan would 'soldier on,' and then quickly apologised, saying, "apologies if I've used that word inappropriately there."

It's unlikely anyone would have taken the Sky Sports commentator to task over his use of English, considering it's a pretty common phrase used.

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If anything, quickly apologising for the incident just shone a light on the slightly awkward moment, and you can only imagine him scrambling in the commentary box for a moment.

Before his faux pas, fans on social media had been excited, and a little perplexed, at the nostalgia of hearing Tyler on a game broadcast on ITV.

The 76-year-old was a regular on the channel throughout the 80s, providing his voice to the 1982 and 1986 World Cups, as well as other games, but has been on Sky since 1990.

With the huge importance of Sunday's game, Sky shared their coverage of the match with ITV, so those tuning in on terrestrial television were hearing a lovely slice of nostalgia.

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The national anthem was certainly very emotional for Ukraine fans ahead of kick off. Image: Alamy
The national anthem was certainly very emotional for Ukraine fans ahead of kick off. Image: Alamy

On the pitch it was Wales who took the lead, after Gareth Bale's free kick was inadvertently directed past the keeper by former West Ham former Andriy Yarmolenko.

The visitors would have thought they should have had a penalty later in the first half when Yarmolenko appeared to be tripped by Joe Allen in the box, but VAR didn't overturn it somehow.


Featured Image Credit: Alamy/Sky Sports

Topics: Ukraine, Wales, Martin Tyler, Sky Sports, Football World Cup

Ryan Sidle
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Ryan is a journalist for SPORTbible with over eight years of experience. Passionate about all sports, he mainly covers football and F1 - Daniel Ricciardo once spent an entire interview referring to him as 'Ryan Gosling,' still his proudest moment.

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