The Champions League final between Real Madrid and Liverpool, played this Saturday in Paris, was followed by seven million viewers in France, according to audience data.
TF1 television had an audience of 33,4% with 5.9 million viewers while Canal+ gathered 1,06 millions before its antenna (6% of the audience).
A strong pull for the French television when the last edition of the Champions League, between Manchester City and Chelsea (0-1), was followed by 2.4 million viewers (11,1% of the audience).
The match, which was supposed to take place in Saint Petersburg but was transferred to Paris in February of this year due to the invasion of Ukraine by Russia, it took place in a context of tension with the police due to the attempt of many to enter the premises without entry or with false tickets.
This situation forced to delay the start of the game 35 minutes.
The The English have criticized the poor French organization and many fans claimed to have waited for hours to be able to enter, reaching the venue after the first part had started, while the Minister of the Interior and the Minister of Sports of France have pointed out to the British of the chaos for trying to sneak in.
According to sources from the prefecture reported this morning to EFE, the Police arrested 39 people on the sidelines of the match, 39 of them were imprisoned, some for carrying r fake tickets for sale.
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