France vs Italy, twenty years after Berlin, gives FOX Sports another Nations League sprint
Michael Olise, Ousmane Dembélé and a very busy Gianluigi Donnarumma fill the highlights, with John Strong and Stu Holden on the call.
FOX SportsStory of Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 1,194,427 views a day, 101 times a normal first day on this channel (11,829).
France vs Italy Highlights ⚽ UEFA Nations League
FOX Sports put up its France vs Italy highlights, and within seven hours they had passed half a million views. For a channel whose regular videos usually gather around 12,000 on a whole first day, that is a different kind of afternoon.
It is also the third European night in a row to take off here. As we reported here, Spain vs Croatia and then Wales against Haaland's Norway each pulled far ahead of the channel's usual start, and this one has gone faster still. The rest of the feed, meanwhile, belongs to October baseball: clips teasing the Braves against the Dodgers and the Padres against the Brewers, none of them anywhere near this pace.
The description puts Olise and Dembélé up front for France, with John Strong and Stu Holden on commentary. The comment section, already close to a normal full day's worth, tells a slightly different story. The name that comes up again and again is Donnarumma, with viewers trading lines about how hard Italy's goalkeeper had to work and comparing him to Gianluigi Buffon. Many say Italy played better than they expected, and some list the young players they hope to see join the side.
Then there is Zinedine Zidane. Viewers keep pointing to his reactions in the footage, and several can't resist a joke about flashbacks: France vs Italy is the fixture of the 2006 World Cup final in Berlin, where Zidane was sent off for a headbutt on Marco Materazzi and Italy won on penalties. Twenty years on, the matchup still brings that night back for a lot of people.
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What viewers say
Italy did much better than I thought.
@yangxn100See it on YouTubeItaly goalie was the real mvp
Absolutely crazy saves@burritobeef324See it on YouTubeWe can all agree that soccer (football) is better when Italy are good. I have fond memories of that 2021 Euros and frequently revisit the highlights of the 2006 WC.
@dawidmalan8727See it on YouTube
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- Channel
- FOX Sports
- Subscribers
- 2,330,000 ▲ 10,000 this week
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 8,499,320
- Channel views, pace per day
- -4,766,113 (on a normal day: 2,713,468)
- Video published
- October 2, 2026
- Video views so far
- 509,383 (less than a day online)
- Video views, pace per day
- 1,194,427
The numbers
Half a million views in seven hours, set against a channel whose videos usually start far more quietly.
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Who scored the golden goal that won the Euro 2000 final for France against Italy?
Trezeguet volleyed in the golden goal in extra time in Rotterdam to give France a 2-1 win over Italy.
