CELTIC fans were left unimpressed with Amazon Prime’s choice of commentator for their team’s clash against Bayern Munich tonight.
The streaming giant gained exclusive rights for certain Champions League matches starting from this season, with the second leg of the Hoops’ play-off tie included.
Amazon-branded microphones for their broadcast of the Champions League[/caption]
Fans weren’t best pleased with their choice of co-commentator however[/caption]
All nine of Celtic‘s other European fixtures in this campaign have been shown on TNT Sports.
Those games have normally seen Hoops hero Joe Hart used for co-commentary duty.
But Amazon decided to go in a different direction and choose someone who has never played for Celtic – or indeed Bayern Munich.
In fact, the person in question never even played outside of England during their career.
Amazon have used Rangers hero Ally McCoist frequently alongside lead commentator Jon Champion and while his knowledge of Scottish football would have been welcomed, perhaps his association with the Hoops’ eternal rivals ruled him out of this one.
Instead, they picked Match of the Day regular Alan Shearer for the role at the Allianz Arena.
The Newcastle and England legend failed to inspire much positivity among the viewers, as Celtic went down 2-1 in heartbreaking circumstances over in Germany.
Shearer split opinion to say the least, with one fan asking: “What qualifies Alan Shearer to commentate on Celtic?
“Was it because Celtic did his testimonial and Adam Virgo had to score an own goal on purpose in order to create a narrative?”
Another said: Alan Shearer is atrocious, he has no idea about Celtic’s players, didn’t do any homework.”
One fan even demanded a refund from Amazon!
They said: “I took out prime for a month to watch Bayern Munich vs Celtic and I want a full refund.
“The commentators aren’t saying anything because they don’t follow Scottish or German football and obviously couldn’t care less.
“Alan Shearer is a terrible commentator anyway.”
However, as the game went on some fans appeared to warm to the Englishman and offered some compliments.
One Hoops supporter said: “Brilliant coverage by commentary team tonight on Prime. So much rooting for Celtic. Shearer really wants them to win.”
Another fan said: “Brilliant fitbaw Celtic… and keep up the great comms Alan Shearer!”
And a third said: “Don’t usually like listening to English co coms on Celtic games as they can be quite dismissive but Alan Shearer been so positive about our performance nice to hear.”
Alan Shearer was the man in the commentary booth at the Allianz Arena[/caption]
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