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The Europa League never stops offering clubs that are not on the European tourist circuit live on our screens.
Tottenham played one of them, the Bulgarian Lokomotiv Plovdiv, in the second qualifying round of the 2020/21 competition.
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The Spurs almost made it to the next qualifying round, but a bad sign kept fans from seeing all three goals.
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Spurs’ performance was like the Premier Sports broadcast
However, Spurs fans who followed his team had their viewing experience ruined by a bad signal on the Premier Sports broadcast.
On many occasions, the broadcast has resembled one of those broadcasts that you can find on more dubious websites and fans were unable to watch the last seven minutes of the first half when the signal was completely cut off.
Viewers were greeted with a ‘Come Back Soon’ message before the halftime announcements began.
The second half started with a better signal, however, the message ‘Come back soon’ appeared once more midway.
This is the message that fans have received on more than one occasion
José Mourinho chose a strong starting eleven, but Harry Kane, Heung-Min Son and Steven Bergwijn couldn’t find a way through Plovdiv and the Spurs seemed to regret their missed opportunities as Plovdiv took the lead.
Georgi Minchev scored in the 71st minute, the goal coming moments after the broadcast was cut off for the second time.
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It was shaping up to be one of the biggest surprises in the Europa League.
However, the Spurs were saved from a humiliating exit when they were given a penalty in the 80th minute, which Kane gratefully avoided.
Two Plovdiv players, Bircent Karagaren and Lima Almeida were sent off in the penalty incident and it was all Spurs from that point.
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Kane made no mistake on the resulting penalty.
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And the Lokomotiv Plovdiv was subsequently reduced to NINE men
The change was completed moments later when Tanguy Ndombele appeared with the winner.
Premier Sports missed all the goals, but the broadcast came back as the chaotic match, in more ways than one, came to an end.
There were issues surrounding the broadcast of the Rangers’ qualifying match against Lincoln Red Imps, but there were no issues for Steven Gerrard’s team on the field as they beat their Gibraltar opponents 5-0.
Premier Sports said after the game: “Apologies for the lack of photos at the Spurs game tonight.
“All international receivers, including Spurs TV, of the broadcast directly from Bulgaria are affected and it is not an isolated problem with Premier Sports. We are still working with the supplier to resolve it. “
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Ndombele was the unexpected hero with a goal in the 85th minute
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Arguably this would have been Mourinho’s worst management loss if Spurs had lost.
If Gareth Bale wasn’t aware of the magnitude of the task he has to make the Spurs a superior team again, he certainly is now.
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