IRNA - Germany's 2-0 win over
Iran during the first-round match of the 1998 World Cup in France was among
the top ten most-watched football games in the history of television
broadcasts of German national teams, DPA quoted Wednesday a consumer
research group, based in the southern city of Nuremberg.
Germany's 1998 World Cup encounter against Iran was seen by 24,320,000
million people.
Heading the list of most-watched German national football matches was
Germany's heart-breaking 2-0 overtime loss to Italy at the 2006 World Cup
with 29.66 million people.
Ranked second and third were Germany's victories against Argentina at the
1990 World Cup finals in Italy with 28.66 million and the Czech Republic at
the 1996 Euro Cup in England with 28.44 million.
Games by the German national football squads are usually among the highest
rated national television broadcasts.
