The second festive weekend of the month of June offered an event that surpassed the rest in attractiveness. It was the first of the two friendly matches of the Colombian team for the current FIFA date that are part of its preparation for the Copa América that will begin on June 20. The game played against the United States, which ended with a 5-1 win in favor of those led by Néstor Lorenzo, was the most watched of the week.
The match was broadcast on open television, both on Caracol Televisión and on Canal RCN and marked a new scenario in which it was measured which of the two broadcasts would have the greatest number of viewers since Gol Caracol gave up the exclusive broadcast of the games. of Colombia after the end of the process towards the Qatar 2022 World Cup.
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Once again, the roots of Gol Caracol among Colombians made the difference in the rating measurement, according to the report published by Kantar Ibope Media of the television audience figures for Saturday, June 8. Thus, the broadcast, which featured narration by Carlos Morales and comments by Javier Hernández Bonnett and Norberto Peluffo, reached 10.32 points. Of course, the preview of the game on the same channel reached just 5.49 points.
Such numbers dragged down other weekend slot programs that benefited from such attention. Proof of this is that It is said of mebroadcast right after the game, reached 7.62 points, while the 7:00 pm broadcast of Caracol News It reached 7.07 points.
As a counterpart, the RCN Channel broadcast, with the narration of Javier Fernández and the comments of Carlos Antonio Vélez, barely reached 3.40 points, closing the list of the ten most watched programs in the country. The figure was so low that it was even below The house of the famous Colombiawhich on Saturday scored 3.74 points, reaching ninth place.
The reactions of users on social networks to the results of the measurement were lapidary, and they even highlighted the difficulties it had. The house of the famous Colombia to stay above 4 points during the festive long weekend. “Take your first beating with football, soup and dry”, “Everywhere you look it is beating everywhere and every day”, “RCN can’t hit anything”, “Waiting for MasterChef because Colombian TV is very boring” , were some of the most notable comments from users.
After the victory against the next hosts of the Copa América, Colombia is getting ready for its last friendly game before the tournament against Bolivia, which will be played at Rentschler Field in East Hartford, Connecticut, on Saturday, June 15. It will be the last game before confirming the final list of 26 called up.
One of the main unknowns is whether the game against the Bolivians will allow us to see Miguel Ángel Borja, top scorer with River Plate and the forward who arrives in the best shape among those called up, in action. Beyond this, in the match against the United States, both starter Rafael Santos Borré and replacement Jhon Jader Durán showed that they are in a position to compete for the position with the Colibrí.
As for those led by Antônio Carlos Zago, they already played their first preparation match on this FIFA date against Mexico, losing 1-0. On Wednesday, June 12, they will play against Ecuador and they will close their preparation against Colombia on Saturday before facing their debut in the Copa América against the United States next Sunday, June 23.
