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England’s win breaks TV record

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London—England’s last-gasp win against Tunisia at the football World Cup was Britain’s most-watched television program of 2018, attracting a peak audience of 18.3 million, according to the BBC on Tuesday.

FIGHT FOR THE BALL. Brazil’s midfielder Casemiro (left) fights for the ball against Switzerland’s defender Fabian Schaer during the Russia 2018 World Cup Group E football match between Brazil and Switzerland at the Rostov Arena in Rostov-On-Don on Sunday. AFP

Monday evening’s game in Volgograd, which was decided by captain Harry Kane’s injury-time header, had a 69.2 percent audience share at its peak, beating last month’s royal wedding.

Around three million requests were also made to stream it online, making it the highest ever live audience for an online BBC broadcast.

England won 2-1 and will next play Panama on Sunday.

Meanwhile, in Vatutinki, Russia, Germany captain Manuel Neuer said Tuesday their two remaining World Cup group games are now effectively “finals” as the holders fight to stay in the tournament.

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The world champions are under intense pressure ahead of Saturday’s second Group F game against Sweden in Sochi and the South Korea match next Wednesday in Kazan after suffering a shock 1-0 defeat to Mexico on Sunday.

“From now on, we only have finals. The players have to show what they can do but I am convinced that we can do it,” said Neuer at the German team hotel.

Pre-World Cup talk from the German camp was about becoming the first team since Brazil in 1962 to defend the title.

Now the worry is whether Joachim Loew’s team can even reach the last 16.

“Complaining about what happened doesn’t change anything, we all know that,” said Neuer about the Mexico defeat.

“We have to try to put this behind us as quickly as possible.”

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