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Published 12:05 2 Nov 2016 GMT
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Three of the best four players on the planet were in town and playing on the same attack.
Messi and Neymar were doing this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsZtGYK0Dh4
Ter Stegen was doing this.
https://youtu.be/M2YD4pXbq1o
But TV3 were showing this.
https://twitter.com/TV3SportIreland/status/793567355460870144
That's right. On the same night that Barcelona were playing with all those back stories and added interest, on the same night that Barcelona were toppled with Man City scoring more goals in one night than they ever have done against the Spanish giants, TV3 had us whisked away to Germany to watch Borussia Monchengladbach against Celtic.
The two bottom teams in the same group as Man City and Barca were chosen to be shown live presumably out of interest to some of the Celtic fans that might've been lying around. But there were far more neutrals looking to watch decent football.
https://twitter.com/ConorF_LUFC/status/793530297480609793
https://twitter.com/Dave_Durnin2k14/status/793532428702932996
https://twitter.com/eoingeorge/status/793533859791011845
https://twitter.com/henriksen1/status/793539244019093504
https://twitter.com/harvejoe/status/793539752658145281
https://twitter.com/briancleary3/status/793540189608144896
https://twitter.com/EoghanMcGrath/status/793543172664287233
https://twitter.com/AdamsBapple/status/793543414763651072
https://twitter.com/_JTD28/status/793545236249055240
https://twitter.com/Mulhockeyjoc/status/793549005506699264
And don't even try to make it seem more fun.
https://twitter.com/RobertFingleton/status/793545530479611904
https://twitter.com/brendan_needham/status/793543715373678596
TV3 usually get it right. They were the ones who made the ballsy decision to not show United last year and, instead, change the plan and broadcast Real Madrid v PSG. They got all the acclaim they deserved for that piece of courage and for simply being in touch with the demands of the public.
On Tuesday night though, they got it so wrong. BT Sport showed the only game that most people were interested in and those who didn't have a subscription were forced to go trawling the world of illegal streaming. The Celtic game wasn't a consolation. It just wasn't an option.
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