New Delhi: They might want to change Porto Alegre's name to Porto Algeria after the Desert Foxes' 4-2 victory over South Korea in the southern Brazilian city on Sunday. Algeria's four goals ended a 32-year wait for a World Cup win and shot them into contention for a last 16 place for the first time in four tournaments.
While the match was on, the world was also simultaneously tweeting, vigorously. According to Twitter, there were a total of 1.5 million tweets about the game during the live telecast.
Twitter highlights from the match:
The most-mentioned players on Twitter
Algeria
Islam Slimani
Yacine Brahimi
Abdelmoumene Djabou
South Korea
Son Heung-min
Koo Ja-Cheol
Jung Sung-Ryong
The most-tweeted moments during the match
Abdelmoumene Djabou (ALG) scores - 39,969 tweets
Rafik Halliche (ALG) scores - 38,008 tweets
Yacine Brahimi (ALG) scores - 27,751 tweets
The most-retweeted tweets during the match
Goal. #ibelieve.- ??? (Eric Nam) (@ericnamofficial) June 22, 2014Algeria have been terrific. Quick, forceful, intelligent, compact and incisive.- Gary Lineker (@GaryLineker) June 22, 2014
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