Indeed, on a weekday afternoon in the middle of summer, nearly 15 million Americans tuned in to the Brazil-Germany match in the semifinal. That is more than the usual viewership for ESPN’s Monday Night Football, the biggest regular television draw for fans of American football.
事实上，在仲夏的周末下午，近1,500万美国人将频道锁定在巴西与德国的半决赛。这一数字超过了美式橄榄球球迷收看最多的电视节目——ESPN《周一橄榄球之夜》（Monday Night Football）的常规收视率。