World Cup: BBC Commentator Apologises For Germany National Anthem Gaffe

'Deutschland Über Alles'? BBC Commentator Apologises For German National Anthem Gaffe

BBC commentator Steve Wilson has apologised after he mistook Germany's national anthem for a Nazi version ahead of their World Cup semi-final clash with Brazil.

Fourteen million viewers tuned in for the Germans' 7-1 evisceration of the hosts, however Wilson got things off to a bad start when he erroneously said the Nationalmannschaft would be singing "Deutschland über alles" - not part of the country's national anthem since the end of the second world war.

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