UEFA criticized for not cutting away from injured Varga’s footage: A shocking and disgusting act

Despite UEFA’s claim that medical staff attended to Hungarian forward Varga promptly without any delay, the organization has faced fierce criticism for not immediately removing the camera from the injured player’s scene, even replaying it. Fans have described the action as both shocking and disgusting.

As soon as Varga was injured, Hungarian players were the quickest to react, gathering around to protect his privacy. However, before they could shield him with a blanket, UEFA’s broadcast failed to cut away, exposing Varga’s severe injury to viewers worldwide.

UEFA’s governing body subsequently came under fire, drawing comparisons with the situation during Euro 2020 when Christian Eriksen suffered a cardiac arrest. Critics argue that UEFA has failed to learn from the past, “UEFA showed no lessons learned by focusing on Varga, which was highly disrespectful, and they even chose to replay the distressing moment. The Hungarian players deserve credit for their swift awareness and call for medical assistance. It’s time for broadcasting entities to learn from this and prevent such incidents in the future.”

Viewers felt that replaying the slow-motion footage of the injury without knowing Varga’s condition was nauseating, “Replaying the slow-motion footage of Varga’s injury was disgusting and shocking.”

While UEFA’s statement focused on the absence of any procedural issues in Varga’s treatment, it made no mention of the broadcasting error.