New Delhi: Mexico overcame the torrential rain and two disallowed goals to beat Cameroon 1-0 on Friday, picking up the three points they needed to have any chance of advancing from a tough group at the World Cup. Oribe Peralta scored in the 61st minute, giving Mexico its first win over an African team at the World Cup and justifying coach Miguel Herrera's decision to start him ahead of striker Javier "Chicharito" Hernandez, arguably the country's best known player.
While the match was on, the world was also simultaneously tweeting, vigorously. According to Twitter, there were a total of 3.6 million tweets about the game during the live telecast.
Twitter highlights from the match:
The most-tweeted moments during the match
- Peralta (Mexico) scores first goal - 93,019 tweets
- Dos Santos (Mexico) no goal (#Offside) - 74,441 tweets
- Mexico wins 1-0 - 63,323 tweets
The most-mentioned players during the match
- Oribe Peralta, Mexico
- Giovani Dos Santos, Mexico
- Javier Hernandez (Chicarito), Mexico
- Samuel Eto'o, Cameroon
- Alex Song, Cameroon
- Benoit Assou-Ekotto, Cameroon
The most retweeted tweets during the match
Se la rifaron los chavos, dejaron el alma en la cancha. Ahora a pensar en el siguiente partido.— Miguel Herrera (@MiguelHerreraDT) June 13, 2014mexico was robbed that was absurd bullshit— Flea (@flea333) June 13, 2014OFICIAL | ¡Estos son los 11 elegidos que hoy llevan nuestro escudo y nuestra ilusión! ¡A POR EL MUNDIAL! #VamosEspaña pic.twitter.com/DtTDfKyKau— Selección Española (@SeFutbol) June 13, 2014Is this a joke. FIFA must've pulled some random people off the streets and made them employees. #Worldcup— World Cup 2014 (@World) June 13, 2014The officiating in the opening 2 games has been diabolical. Dos Santos has had 2 perfectly good goals disallowed. The 2nd decision is absurd— Gary Lineker (@GaryLineker) June 13, 2014¡Vamos México! Mando mis mejores deseos a @miseleccionmx que hoy juega contra Camerún!— Roberto Borge (@betoborge) June 13, 2014World Cup refs doing more damage to Mexico than El Chapo did.— WORLD STAR (@WorldStarFunny) June 13, 2014Dios mio, si estás ahí, si me estás escuchando por favor que le caiga un rayo al puto arbitro hijo de la chingada. Gracias. #MEX— La Dra (@iauraB) June 13, 2014Mexico - 1 Cameroon - 0Referee - 2— GeniusFootball (@GeniusFootball) June 13, 2014The officiating in the opening 2 games has been diabolical. Dos Santos has had 2 perfectly good goals disallowed. The 2nd decision is absurd— Gary Lineker (@GaryLineker) June 13, 2014
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