France’s volatile team politics in the wake of the club’s Thursday loss to Mexico has dominated headlines, and its match tomorrow against South Africa – a match it must win to move on – is sure to be a big one.

On Thursday, 1.021 million viewers tuned in to watch Mexico beat France in a major tournament upset, with the second-place ratings win of the day going to Greece’s 2-1 win over Nigeria. In third was the Argentine vs. South Korea game, in which the South American country beat its Asian counterpart 4-1.

Online, France’s loss to Mexico earned 160,585 total live streams, Greece over Nigeria had 138,264 and Argentina over South Korea had just under 79,253.

Source: BBM Canada Inc., A2+ average audience, preliminary overnights. Streaming numbers: CBC Research – Omniture HBX (2009) and Omniture Site Catalyst (2010).

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