More than eight million viewers watched the match that brought Juventus and Milan to the Italian Cup semi-final Friday evening on "Ray Uno" channel, to be the highest audience for this season's soccer match in the country, according to local press reports on Saturday.
It was the first match in Italy since the suspension of all football competitions on the ninth of last March due to the outbreak of the new Corona virus.
When Sports Minister Vincenzo Spadafora gave the go-ahead to resume football, he insisted that the remaining matches be launched from the cup competition, because they are broadcasted for free on television and therefore more people will be able to watch them.
Nearly 8.3 million viewers watched the match, which ended in a goalless draw between Juventus and its guest Milan, and crossed its first impact to the final (1-1 back), on "Ray Uno", the main channel of the "Ray" group, which is approximately 34 percent Of the total percentage of viewers on Italian channels at the same time.
This is the highest rate this season for any football match in Italy, after two cup semi-final matches between "Old Lady" and "Rossoneri" (8,09 million) and Inter Milan with Napoli (6,8 million), which were also broadcast by "Ray" Ono. "
As for the national team whose matches broadcast the same channel, 7,4 million viewers watched Al-Adzuri's encounter with Bosnia in the European Cup 2020 qualifiers in June 2019, which achieved the highest viewership for the last season.