England’s last-minute heroics in their European Championship game against Slovakia provided big numbers for Fox, but it was Spain’s victory over Georgia that drove record viewing figures for the tournament.
The European soccer tournament’s Round of 16 on Sunday saw England beat Slovakia 2-1 after extra time with Spain comfortably beating Georgia 4-1, albeit having conceded the opening goal in the game.
Some 2,868,000 viewers tuned in to watch the Spanish team, consisting of young superstars including Nico Williams and 16-year old Lamine Yamal.
This made it the most-watched European Round of 16 game in U.S. English-language history and was up 19% from the equivalent game in the previous tournament – 2021’s Belgium versus Portugal, which was watched by 2.4M (Euro 2020 was delayed due to Covid).
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