New Delhi: Neymar, hailed as the new Pele, gave hosts Brazil a winning start in the opening match of the Football World Cup 2014, scoring twice in Brazil's 3-1 victory over Croatia at Sao Paulo. While the match was on, the world was also simultaneously tweeting, vigorously.
According to Twitter, there were over 12.2 million tweets about the Brazil versus Croatia match during the live telecast.
Twitter highlights from the match:
More than 150 countries joined the conversation
The Twitter conversation related to the match touched nearly every country across the globe.
The most shared images from the game
@NeymarJr was, of course, the most mentioned player
And he gained over 165,000 followers the day of the match, which is ten times more than his normal daily follower growth average.
The most retweeted tweets during the match
Congratulation my bro @oscar11 for your goal??.- Eden hazard (@hazardeden10) June 12, 2014- Game day! #WorldCup2014 #Brazil pic.twitter.com/uYCXNJ7BXY- Keaton Stromberg (@KeatonStromberg) June 12, 2014Ahh I'm so amped to watch the start of the World Cup today! wish I was in my homeland #Brasil to fully experience pic.twitter.com/OPxFNJiPW1- Wesley Stromberg (@wesleystromberg) June 12, 2014GOOOOAAAALLLLLL #BRAZIL!!! ??????????- Wesley Stromberg (@wesleystromberg) June 12, 2014THE LINE-UPS ARE IN: #WorldCup #BRACRO - http://t.co/sYFnIswCGi pic.twitter.com/fhGYvqUuRx- FIFAWorldCup (@FIFAWorldCup) June 12, 2014
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