Far from boycotting the World Cup, more than 50 million French people watched football on TF1

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Kylian Mbappé, after his second goal against Poland, on December 4, in Doha. The match brought together 14.3 million French viewers, becoming the most watched program of the year. ODD ANDERSEN/AFP

ANALYSIS – Far from being boycotted, the competition is full of viewers. They are 3 million more than in 2018.

The boycott? What boycott? The television audiences of the World Cup in Qatar attest to this: the competition is still as popular as ever. In France, the victory of the Blues against Poland in 8es final brought together an average of 14.3 million French people last Sunday, according to Médiamétrie. Making dating the most watched TV program of the year. And he could well be dethroned on Saturday by the quarter-final of the Blues against England.

Proof that the Blues remain a safe bet, their first four games federated an average of 11.8 million fans. A figure up from the previous Football World Cup in Russia, where these meetings had attracted 11.1 million people.

The Cassandras were wrong

Not only the viewers are well at the rendezvous. But they are even more numerous than at the last World Cup. At the end of the 8es of the final, 50.4 million French people watched, at least ten consecutive seconds, the World Cup in Qatar on the antenna of…

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