Champions League: 5.8 million viewers in Italy for Villarreal CF - Juventus FC

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Villarreal - Juventus (1-1), 22/02/2022 - ©  Juventus

Villarreal CF (LaLiga Santander) - Juventus FC (Serie A TIM) 2021-22 Champions League Round of 16 first leg (1-1), drew an average of 5.3 million viewers in Italy on the free-to-air private TV channel Canale 5 (Mediaset group), on Tuesday 22/02/2022 (kick-off at 21:00 CET), according to data from the audience measurement institute Auditel.

508,000 viewers also watched the match on the pay-TV channel SkySportUno (Sky Italia group), for a total of 5.8 million viewers in Italy.

These figures represent audience shares of 21.2% and 2% respectively.

In Spain, the match was watched by an average of 382,000 viewers on the pay-TV channel Movistar (Telefonica group), according to data from Kantar. Audience share: 2.4%.

2021-22 Champions League: Italy, the only country in the Top 5 with 1 free-to-air game per matchday

2021-22 Champions League: broadcasters in the European Top 5

France: Canal+ and RMC Sport (top fixtures), beIN Sports (other matches) and TF1 (final)

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Villarreal - Juventus (1-1), 22/02/2022 - ©  Juventus

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