Gripped by Women’s World Cup fever, Melbourne coach Simon Goodwin could have one eye on the Matildas as he gears up for his aspect’s greatest AFL match of the season to date.
The Demons’ big conflict with Carlton on Saturday evening has been pushed again to permit broadcaster Channel Seven to point out Australia’s quarter-final towards France on its fundamental channel.
Optus Sport’s protection will likely be streamed on screens on the MCG, SCG and outdoors Optus Stadium, coinciding with AFL fixtures.
Sydney Olympic Park will even arrange three stay websites, such is the demand.
Negotiations are ongoing between AFL officers and FIFA round how a lot of the World Cup match will likely be proven on the MCG’s two huge screens earlier than the Melbourne-Carlton fixture.
Demons coach Goodwin will tune in regardless.
“I’ll be flicking between that and watching a bit of the Brisbane Lions and (Adelaide) Crows,” Goodwin stated.
“The Matildas have been fantastic. The viewership and what they’re doing for our nation is incredible.
“To have 5 million folks watching them, they’re taking our entire neighborhood alongside for the experience. I’ll positively be tuning in the place I can.”
The Matildas-France match will be shown on small screens around the MCG concourse and in the venue’s bars.
A Carlton spokesperson told AAP on Friday the club is still working through logistics around showing the quarter-final on the venue’s two big screens.
The Blues control the big screens, as the designated home team, with the AFL and MCG to also have a say in the decision.
There is a chance extra time or a penalty shootout (if required) would cross over into the first quarter of the AFL fixture, which has already been moved back from 7.25pm to 7.30pm.
“It’s only a nice story,” Carlton coach Michael Voss said of the Matildas’ progression to the World Cup quarter-finals.
“There’s clearly actual heightened curiosity in it and the place we are able to make that (soccer on the massive screens) occur, we actually will.”
The free-to-air telecast of the Matildas’ round-of-16 win over Denmark was Channel Seven’s No.1 program of 2023, reaching 6.54 million people, with an average audience during the game of 3.56 million.
Football Queensland has postponed all native membership soccer fixtures on the weekend to allow followers to look at the Australia-France quarter-final, which will likely be performed at a sold-out Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
