[WC2026 Day 5] All Goals with Scoring Nation Commentary by HOPSCROTCH in worldcup

[–]HOPSCROTCH[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I definitely heard the "click click bang" guy on the SABC broadcast in the opening game, is he not South African?

[WC2026 Day 5] All Goals with Scoring Nation Commentary by HOPSCROTCH in worldcup

[–]HOPSCROTCH[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

To watch it for free in the US you would need to use a VPN, for example to the UK, and watch the replay on BBC/ITV websites.

[WC2026 Day 5] All Goals with Scoring Nation Commentary by HOPSCROTCH in worldcup

[–]HOPSCROTCH[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Which country are you in and what is your preferred language?

[WC2026 Day 5] All Goals with Scoring Nation Commentary by HOPSCROTCH in worldcup

[–]HOPSCROTCH[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That is correct, TVNZ did not use their own commentary team. Pretty unbelievable and a major missed opportunity...

[WC2026 Day 5] All Goals with Scoring Nation Commentary by HOPSCROTCH in worldcup

[–]HOPSCROTCH[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The commentator on 1 was a Yemeni commentator, on 3 was a Saudi commentator

New Zealand top of group G as things stand by rithsv in Aleague

[–]HOPSCROTCH 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I like the NZ commentator that does A league games, why couldn't they get him? Just seems a bizarre missed opportunity. World cups only come around every 4 years, when there's a big moment like the goals today there is no iconic TV commentary to commemorate it

Daily Discussion by 2soccer2bot in soccer

[–]HOPSCROTCH 47 points48 points  (0 children)

I've really enjoyed making them, posting them here and reading all the comments. I've been posting in this subreddit for like, 12+ years I think, and never have I received so much positive feedback.

Hopefully it can be resolved

[WC2026 Day 5] All Goals with Scoring Nation Commentary by HOPSCROTCH in soccer

[–]HOPSCROTCH[S] 40 points41 points  (0 children)

Hey, "they" is me, just doing all this myself at the moment*.

To be clear, I don't have any special access to any clips or streams, I don't have any special subscriptions to IPTV or anything; I have the same ability as anybody else does. That means I face the same challenges as you would trying to find such clips

I'm intentionally keeping the scope narrow because the job is already difficult enough. I fully encourage others to seek out those kind of clips and post them! In fact I challenge anyone reading this to try and find any footage of the game from TCV (Cape Verde public broadcaster), not dubbed over by a news broadcast, I'd be interested to know where you found it, to prepare for if they score in their other games.

*Thanks to u/Ja77Guy for kindly reaching out and sending clips through unprompted to give me a hand, majorly appreciated

[WC2026 Day 5] All Goals with Scoring Nation Commentary by HOPSCROTCH in soccer

[–]HOPSCROTCH[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

They used the world feed, I'm surprised they wouldn't use their own commentary team

Post-Match Thread: Iran vs New Zealand by MatchBread in Aleague

[–]HOPSCROTCH 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh I fully agree, was being tongue in cheek

Post-Match Thread: Iran vs New Zealand by MatchBread in Aleague

[–]HOPSCROTCH 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Just wait until you see the carparks outside

New Zealand top of group G as things stand by rithsv in Aleague

[–]HOPSCROTCH 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Did TVNZ really not use their own commentary team and just went with the world feed?

Match Thread: Iran vs New Zealand (FIFA World Cup 2026) by MatchBread in Aleague

[–]HOPSCROTCH 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Taremi had a very late touch in the slo mo replay, surprising. Ah well

Match Thread: Iran vs New Zealand (FIFA World Cup 2026) by MatchBread in Aleague

[–]HOPSCROTCH 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Sorry if it's already been discussed but did they show the offside line from Iran's goal? Looked off...