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The 71st minute ran on Saturday when Sky commentator Hansi Küpper, who commented on the game between Eintracht Frankfurt and 1. FC Union Berlin in the Bundesliga conference, was interrupted.

In the middle of a sentence, just like that.

Instead of the live broadcast, viewers of the pay-TV channel saw the end credits, which are usually broadcast at the end of the conference.

The jingle that always accompanies the end could also be heard - and on top of that, there was also the commercial of a betting company to be seen.

To the displeasure of some followers, which immediately spread in the social networks, Sky responded with an apology for the "technical error", but it should not remain with this one faux pas.

In the evening game between FC Schalke 04 and Borussia Mönchengladbach, which started at 6.30 p.m. and ended 0-3, another mishap followed: At the beginning of the second half, the broadcast of the game could suddenly only be seen in a small window in the upper left corner In the center of the picture there was something to be read about the sense of responsibility of a bank - so the next commercial.

"We are very sorry," said moderator Sebastian Hellmann after the game and also spoke of a "technical error".

"We very much regret these mistakes"

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The broadcaster then spoke up again with the third apology and asserted that the commercial break “was not intended.

It is very important to us not to interrupt the games.

We understand the anger about it and very much regret these mistakes. ”It was not the first time that they were made.

On November 10, 2018, Sky switched to advertising in the middle of an evening game on Saturday.

At that time Borussia Dortmund and FC Bayern faced each other, which BVB won 3-2.

When Mats Hummels, who was still playing for Bayern at the time and was replaced by Niklas Süle, was substituted, the pay-TV channel showed a commercial for around 20 seconds in the 65th minute and, in parallel, the results of the match day - but not the current one Eleventh game day, but the ninth, which was played at the end of October.

Sky spoke of a mistake at the time and apologized.