Hakuna Matata! Fans are left baffled when ITV's coverage of Chelsea's FA Cup semi-final against Crystal Palace cuts to the LION KING

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Football fans had to do a double-take as ITV cut to a scene from Lion King midway through the FA Cup semi-final between Chelsea and Crystal Palace.

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ITV cameras switched from live coverage of the Wembley tie to the 1994 animated favourite seconds after Ruben Loftus-Cheek had given the Blues the lead.

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Supporters were transported from north London to the Pride Lands as Simba and Nala talked about eating antelope.

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The bizarre interruption lasted for approximately 16 seconds before ITV sorted out the issue and returned to the FA Cup semi-final.

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As relieved fans shouted "Hakuna Matata," social media users were left perplexed at what had just happened.

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One enraged viewer wrote: "We had to sit through an hour of garbage football and right when a goal is scored, ITV just switched to The Lion King?

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Someone else joked: "Disney lawyers about to charge ITV $6 trillion for showing Lion King without permission during the football." A third person added: "ITV so sickened by Chelsea

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