The BBC have spent Euro 2024 camped outside the Brandenburg Gate - but what happened with that ceiling?
(Image credit: BBC)
The BBC Studio for Euro 2024 is a thing of beauty. It's positioned in front of Berlin's most celebrated landmark and it has some fantastic CGI trickery to bring it all together.
But at half-time during Portugal vs Czech Republic on the Beeb, the ceiling of the entire studio appeared to take off, when the green-screening failed. Gary Lineker and the BBC pundits are currently sat in a studio that has full lighting above, with green all around to project a cathedral-like environment that changes with the game – but in a weird glitch, it suddenly failed.
We've heard about cuts at the BBC but we didn't think they'd halve the studio during a game. Of course, Lineker and co. will be none the wiser of what's happening around them.
BBC's coverage of Portugal vs Czech Republic (Image credit: BBC)
It's the one major talking point of the coverage so far. Portugal began the game strongly, with the plethora of talent in their first XI interchanging positions and roles, with Joao Cancelo on the left ahead of Nuno Mendes and Diogo Dalot starting at right-back. Both Bernardo Silva and Bruno Fernandes whipped crosses into the 12-yard box with no one on the end of them.
On seven minutes, the first big chance came to Cristiano Ronaldo with another cross from the left-hand side, with the Al-Nassr forward getting a flick with his forehead towards the ball – though it went just wide. On 25 minutes, Rafael Leao came closest for the Portuguese when he was inches away from a drilled ball that he just couldn't connect with.
Cristiano Ronaldo couldn't break the deadlock in the first half (Image credit: Getty Images)
Just after the half-hour mark, Ronaldo was denied at point-blank range by a stunning reaction save to foil the 39-year-old – though the goal may well have been chalked off for offside. On half-time, CR7 had another shot parried in his hunt for a 15th Euros goal.
Ronaldo was, of course, the big news at kick-off, with the Portuguese record scorer becoming the first player to have appeared in six European Championships.
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Mark White is the Digital Content Editor at FourFourTwo. During his time on the brand, Mark has written three cover features on Mikel Arteta, Martin Odegaard and the Invincibles, and has written pieces on subjects ranging from Sir Bobby Robson’s time at Barcelona to the career of Robinho. An encyclopedia of football trivia and collector of shirts, he first joined the team back in 2020 as a staff writer.
