The goal of Théo Hernandez in opening of score, the relentless efforts of the Lions of the Atlas to return, the prodigies of Griezmann… The semi-final France - Morocco, this Wednesday evening, captivated the French televiewers.
They were 20.69 million in front of their screens to celebrate the arrival in the final of the Blues, who will try what only two nations have managed to do, Italy and Brazil: bring home the cup two editions in a row.
In 2018, the victory of the Blues had been followed by 19.3 million people (82.2% of PDA), not counting fan-zones and bars.
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The audiences of the matches where France has played since the start of the competition?
12.5 million (48.1% of PDA) for his first meeting, against Australia (4 - 1).
Then 11.6 million for France - Denmark broadcast at 5 p.m., 8.8 million for France - Tunisia broadcast at 4 p.m., 14.3 million (68.9% of PDA) for the round of 16 against Poland at 8 p.m. .
And finally, audiences are accelerating like Marcus Thuram at the start of the second part last night, 17.72 million for France - England.
By comparison, the semi-final Argentina - Croatia, Tuesday, gathered 9.9 million people on TF1 in prime time.
As for the quarter-finals, Netherlands - Argentina brought together 7.57 million fans in the evening, Croatia - Brazil 1.3 million on the beIN channel where it was broadcast exclusively at 4 p.m., and Morocco - Portugal 7.47 million viewers.
It was broadcast on the front page at 4 p.m., but on a Saturday.