Two million watched Socceroos v Germany

It may not have been worth the early morning wake-up call but more than two million
Socceroos fans tuned in to watch their team get smashed by Germany in the opening
round of the World Cup.
It meant starting the Queen's Birthday holiday with a 4.30am (AEST) alarm but
die-hard football fans were not swayed with the live match recording a national
average audience of 1.4 million.
A total of two million Aussies tuned in at some point during the match, with the
numbers making up 90 per cent of the audience share for that time of the morning.
But fans were not rewarded for their efforts.
Germany struck early, scoring two goals in the first half, then sealing victory with
two more in the second after Tim Cahill was sent off for a late tackle.
In comparison, the 9.30pm (AEST) screening of the Netherlands v Denmark match only
managed an average of 580,000, and a total of 1.3 million nationally.
More than five million Australians have tuned in to the World Cup coverage on SBS
since the competition began on the weekend.
And SBS' The World Game site has had more than 600,000 hits and almost 800,000 video
views to date.