CHRISTIANO RONALDO
While Cristiano Ronaldo did not hesitate to say that the Saudi Pro League was better than Ligue 1, the catastrophic figures of the Saudi championship audiences in France caused serial mockery against the Portuguese.
On January 19, Cristiano Ronaldo let himself go to a daring statement to say the least. At the Globe Soccer Awards ceremony, the Al-Nassr player proclaimed loud and clear that the Saudi championship had nothing to envy to Ligue 1.
“The Saudi League is no worse than Ligue 1. The Saudi Pro League is more competitive than Ligue 1, I can say after a year there.
We are already better than the French championship now.
An outing that had already earned him a rain of mockery and sarcastic, even aggressive and accusatory remarks. A few weeks later, the Portuguese is targeted again.
And if the five-time Ballon d’Or is still expensive, it is because the figures for the number of French viewers to follow the Saudi Pro League broadcast this season on Canal+ Foot are close to zero. According to information revealed on Saturday by L’Équipe, only 5,000 people were, for example, in front of their screens on Friday, March 1 at 6 p.m., to follow the clash between Al-Hilal and Al-Ittihad (3-1).
The media stressed that such a level of audience was considered zero in terms of market share, and therefore not taken into account by Mediametry. It should be noted that six times more viewers watched the National match between Rouen and Sochaux (1-0) three days later on the encrypted channel.