The heavyweight champions of laliga suffered a shocking defeat at the ethihad stadium before making a turn around at the bernabeu despite the premier league giants taking a lead in both legs.
Real Madrid-Man City UCL Semi Breaks American Viewing Record.
The 1.1 million average viewers were 118% more than any memory match in 2019.
CBS acquired the rights to Champions League for $150M per year in 2019.
The heavyweight champions of laliga stunning victory over Manchester City in the Champions League semi-final was not only one of the greatest comebacks in the competition’s history — it was also one of the most watched in U.S. history.
The Wednesday’s champions league clash match between the two giants averaged 1.1 million viewers, the most for a UCL semi-final ever on English-language American television, per Sports Business Journal.The comeback for Madrid against Manchester city will go down into history as one of the best and all time screamer in the history of football
The current crowned champions of laliga will set to face Liverpool in the final at Paris to fight for the champions league prestigious title.
Against a comparable semi-final match from 2019, viewership was up 118%.
Besides the excitement of the game itself, the matchup between two iconic clubs likely gave viewership a boost: Real Madrid ranks fifth ($4.8B) and Manchester City ranks 13th ($4B) on Forbes’ list of highest-value sports teams.
CBS attained the English-language U.S. rights to Champions League in 2019 for a reported $150 million per year.
The network began broadcasting games on its Paramount+ streaming service in 2020
The current laliga crowned champions will look forward to facing atletico Madrid for their laliga clash despite wining the title already,the Italian tactician will look forward to using this spare match to try his tactics to see how best it can work for the team in order to transition it onto the champions league final against Liverpool at paris
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