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Football Searches Surge In India After Major Fixtures

Football Searches Surge In India After Major Fixtures
Google Trends: Barcelona, Chelsea and Messi drive 1,000% surge in football searches in India · financialexpress.com

Football searches in India suddenly became much higher after three important matches.

The matches involved Barcelona, Chelsea and Inter Miami.

Barcelona beat Feyenoord 5-1 in the Champions League.

Chelsea came back to defeat Leeds 6-3 in the Carabao Cup.

Inter Miami drew 1-1 with Chicago Fire in Major League Soccer.

Lionel Messi and Robert Lewandowski played on opposite sides in that match.

More than 63,000 people attended the game in Chicago.

Google Trends showed that all three searches had increased by more than 1,000%.

This suggests that big clubs, famous players and exciting games attracted strong interest from Indian football fans.

Key facts

Largest search trend
“Barcelona vs Feyenoord” exceeded 200,000 searches.
Second-largest search trend
“Chicago vs Inter Miami” exceeded 100,000 searches.
Third-largest search trend
“Chelsea vs Leeds” exceeded 50,000 searches.
Search increase
All three terms were up by more than 1,000%.
Barcelona-Feyenoord result
Barcelona defeated Feyenoord 5-1 in the Champions League.
Chelsea-Leeds result
Chelsea defeated Leeds 6-3 in the Carabao Cup.
Chicago-Inter Miami result
Chicago Fire and Inter Miami drew 1-1 in MLS.
Attendance
The Chicago match attracted more than 63,000 spectators.

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