an increasing audience but still sluggish for the Blues

With just over five million viewers gathered to watch the final Italy-France Nations League match (1-3) on Sunday evening, TF1 achieved a slightly higher audience compared to the Blues' previous outings.

A real disenchantment between the French public and the Blues? If fans of the French team have been less seduced by the performances of Didier Deschamps' team in recent months, there were still 5.14 million viewers watching TF1 on Sunday evening for the last Nations League match against to Italy, a match won by the Blues 3-1 at San Siro.

This audience is slightly up compared to the match against Israel (0-0) Thursday evening at the Stade de France (4.95 million viewers) and higher than that of the first leg at the Parc des Princes (5.06 million viewers). ). Sunday evening, the first channel finished in first place with a peak of 6.3 million and a market share of 24.8%.

Two million less than Antoine Dupont's Blues against the All Blacks

An excellent weekend for TF1 which was also able to benefit from the audience success of the Rugby Blues on Saturday evening. The clash between the XV of France and the All Blacks (30-29) at the Stade de France attracted 7.3 million viewers.

If Didier Deschamps' team ends the year 2024 on a decent note, it paid for its Euro 2024 without relief with historically low audiences, below the symbolic bar of 5 million viewers against Israel in the first leg (3.98 ) or against Belgium (4.7).

Already qualified for the quarter-finals of the League of Nations, the French team won against Italy (3-1) and finished first in its group ahead of the Italians on goal difference. The Blues won thanks to a double from Rabiot (2nd, 65th) and an own goal from Italian goalkeeper Vicario on a direct free kick from Digne (33rd), despite the reduction in the score from Cambiaso (35th). France will face in the quarter-finals in March a team which finished second in its group, thus avoiding Spain, Portugal and Germany.