Post: Women’s Champions League match between Chelsea and Barcelona was interrupted by a power outage and the VAR live broadcast was completely blocked.

The Post reported that in the Women's Champions League, Chelsea Women's Football Team 1-1 Barcelona Women's Football Team, and during the game, the match was suspended due to a power outage.

The score was even at that time and the game was suddenly interrupted. The temperature in west London was close to freezing, and all communication systems in the stadium suddenly lost power, including VAR and live broadcast signals from BBC and Disney+.

BBC Viewers of Channel 2 and iPlayer saw blank screens and error messages. They said, "We apologize for the interruption of the program and are working hard to solve the problem."

On 5Live radio, former Chelsea star Fran Kirby expressed regret for the poor viewing experience caused by technical problems: "As a player, it is difficult to see the game. It was a bit strange that the game was suspended because of the camera failure. Of course, we hope that people can enjoy the game at home, but in the end the players are still on the field and the players definitely don’t want to stop on such a cold night.”

The game had to be suspended at two degrees low temperature. Both teams had to wait about five minutes until the referee confirmed that the system was back to normal. At this point, Barcelona had regained its balance and headed into halftime after nine minutes of stoppage time. The first time VAR intervened after the blackout was when Chelsea were looking for the winning goal. Catarina Macario came on as a substitute and immediately scored with a header. However, after a long wait, VAR confirmed that the American star was slightly offside and the goal was invalid.