Record quota tops crime scene
Over 10 million see DFB debacle
7/31/2023 10:33 am
The German soccer players concede a bitter bankruptcy in the second group game at the World Cup. Against Colombia, captain Alexandra Popp equalized late before the South Americans scored later to win. Meanwhile, the World Cup crime thriller ensures outstanding TV ratings.
Record quota in the second World Cup preliminary round match of the German soccer players at the World Cup in Australia and New Zealand: The 1:2 defeat of the DFB women against Colombia on Sunday watched 10.36 million fans in the ARD live broadcast from 11.30 a.m. The market share was 61.6 percent. This is by far the highest range in the finals Down Under. 5.61 million viewers watched the 6-0 thrashing of the DFB selection in their World Cup opening game against Morocco in the live broadcast on ZDF last Monday. The market share was 60.4 percent.
Despite being broadcast at lunchtime, the second group game of the DFB selection was the most successful TV show of the day and had significantly more viewers than the “crime scene” in the evening on the first (5.56 million). For the national team it is now in the third group game against South Korea on Thursday (12 p.m. on ZDF and in the live ticker on ntv.de) to a “do-or-die” party.
However, national coach Martina Voss-Tecklenburg does not even want to think about a horror scenario against South Korea like the men did in 2018. Parallels emerged on Sunday after the very bitter bankruptcy against Colombia and the impending elimination of the preliminary round at the World Cup. The national coach dismissed a comparison with Joachim Löw’s DFB selection in Russia: “We have it in our own feet. Then you also have to have the self-confidence to do it. We will work on that and try to do things better .”
“It’s just mega bitter,” said captain Alexandra Popp on ARD. “We basically had the game under control.” “Perhaps the last courage towards the goal was missing to win the last one-on-one”. “But nothing is lost yet”. Colombia’s super striker Linda Caicedo (52nd minute) and Manuela Vanegas (90+7) tore the German fans among the 40,499 spectators with their goals from all dreams of early round of 16 entry. Popp scored the equalizer in the 89th minute with a converted penalty kick. The DFB team struggled overall in the game and were only able to create a few compelling chances.