Former Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand threatened to walk out of the BBC ’s World Cup coverage live on air after a ruthless joke from Pablo Zabaleta.
The pair were part of the punditry team alongside Gary Lineker and Alan Shearer on Wednesday evening to go through the final throes of Group C in Qatar. Each of Argentina, Poland, Mexico and Saudi Arabia were still in with a chance of getting through to the next round, whilst all four teams were also under threat of being eliminated.
In the end, the group was concluded in dramatic circumstances with Argentina overcoming Poland but the Europeans still progressed on goal difference ahead of Mexico following a late Saudi Arabia goal. It was not that way originally with the tie-break between the two nations going down to Fair Play and Poland’s better disciplinary record.
