CEBU, Philippines - By halftime of that epic German annihilation, riot police were stationed around the premises of the Estado Mineirao. In the suburban areas, Brazilian flags were burned on the streets by fans who can’t accept the game’s outcome.
Over at Copacabana Beach in Rio, where a jumbo screen was installed, hundreds of fans were forced seek cover as a gang of armed young men fired shoots to the air, stormed bars and stole bags, money and jewelry form the large crowd.
There was looting in some cities and a bus station and buses were burned in the city of San Pablo. Brazil, in context, is not ready to lose.
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Not only football records were broken in the thrashing of the host but it also had the whole world tweeting away. Social media site Twitter recorded 35.6 million tweets, making the BRA-GER match the most discussed single sporting event ever on Twitter, as per Twitter Data. Previous tweet record was on the Super Bowl XLVIII with 25 million tweets.
Dividing the total number of tweets over the 92 minutes of play, the match produced 6,450 tweets per second. The 5th goal made by Sami Khedira on the 29th minute of the match recorded 580,166 tweets.