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"England&amp;#039;s opening World Cup match against Italy peaked at 15.39 million (76.4%) last night (June 14), according to overnight data. Viewing figures for the game were at its highest at around 11.30pm during the first half, which saw England&amp;#039;s Daniel Sturridge cancel out Claudio Marchisio&amp;#039;s long-range goal.  BBC One&amp;#039;s coverage of England vs Italy - ending in a defeat for the Three Lions as Mario Balotelli clinched a headed winner early in the second half - averaged 11.51 million (68.4%) between 10.20pm and 1.30am. 12.08m (83.6%) were still around at 12.45am, during the match&amp;#039;s final few minutes.  Earlier in the day, an average of 5.46m (28.6%) watched Costa Rica cause an upset, beating Uruguay 3-1. The match, airing on ITV, peaked at its conclusion with 7.11m at 9.45pm. England sit in third place in Group D as a result of yesterday&amp;#039;s matches and will face Uruguay next on Thursday (June 19), with the game starting at 8pm UK time. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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