The return match between FCSB and Shkendijawon by the champion of North Macedonia by 2-1, was televised by Antena 1, the station that made the decision to postpone the show “Love Island” to make room for the football match.
During this period, Antena 1 transmits the show “Island of Love” on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. The main station of the Antena group bought for this week and the television right of the FCSB – Shkendija match, scheduled by UEFA Wednesday evening, 8:30 pm.
As the match in the Champions League preliminaries would have superimposed with the last weekly edition of “Love Island”, Antena decided to reschedule the reality show Thursday, 8:30 pm.
It was a commercially correct decision, If we refer to the audience produced by the match in comparison with what the island of love did in its peak moments.
FCSB versus the island of love as TV audiences: huge difference in favor of football
From the information GSP.ro, 1,440,000 viewers had the FCSB – Shkendija match at national level. This means more than half a million in addition to the most watched edition of this season of the “island”, on Tuesday, July 29, to which 920,000 people looked at national level.
The second most watched edition of this season – July 22, 855,000 viewers.
Defeated by Shkendija and in return, after 0-1 in Northern Macedonia, FCSB was eliminated from the preliminaries of the Champions League. The Superligii champion will continue in the preliminary round of the Europa League, against the Drita, the champion in Kosovo.
