The 26th minute of the Hungary-Kazakhstan friendly on June 9, 2026 was captured on video: a spidercam suspended more than 20 meters high collapsed onto the pitch at Debrecen’s Nagyerdei Stadium, barely two meters from a cameraman working along the sideline. According to Hungarian media, a fire damaged the cable holding the equipment before it fell.
Some say the incident does not deserve any greater scandal: there were no injuries, referee Pavle Ilic stopped play, the match resumed, and Hungary won 3-1. “Just a scare and nothing more”, they argue. But others point out that two meters are the difference between a sports headline and a real tragedy, and demand to know who authorized the operation of that equipment and why no one has yet explained the exact origin of the technical failure.
Is it enough that there were no victims, or did the safety system fail in a way that cannot be ignored?
