Brazil/Germany Was the Biggest Game in Twitter History

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 c...
Brazil/Germany Was the Biggest Game in Twitter History
Written by Josh Wolford
  • 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.

    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:

    If you happened to miss the game, don’t fret. I hear you can catch a replay over on Pornhub…

    Image via YouTube screenshot

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