Normally, it’s hard to watch a massacre. But for World Cup soccer fans, watching Germany beat the dead horse that was the Brazilian national team on Tuesday afternoon was an exercise in morbid curiosity. They can’t score again, right? There’s no way…oh, the humanity! Stop, stop, it’s already dead!
It’s fitting that one of the the most shocking soccer matches in recent history now has another distinction – the most talked-about match in the history of Twitter.
With 35.6 million Tweets, #BRA v #GER is the most-discussed single sports game ever on Twitter. #WorldCup pic.twitter.com/pRjssAZmhg
— Twitter Data (@TwitterData) July 9, 2014
Yeah, you’re reading that correctly. Germany’s abuse of Brazil isn’t just the most-discussed soccer match of all time, but it’s the most-discussed single sports game in history.
There’s also a new tweets-per-minute record thanks to Brazil’s depressingly poor play:
The #BRA v #GER match also set a TPM record: Khedira's 29' goal (0-5) saw 580,166 TPM. #WorldCup pic.twitter.com/188YGgrgZg
— Twitter Data (@TwitterData) July 9, 2014
If you happened to miss the game, don’t fret. I hear you can catch a replay over on Pornhub…
Please stop uploading the game highlights to Pornhub… Our public humiliation category is full. #BrazilvsGermany
— Pornhub Katie (@Pornhub) July 8, 2014
Image via YouTube screenshot