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It seems that throughout the World Cup tournament, the most vocal tweeters have been from South America. Many of the top trending phrases, like Gano Hollanda and Alemania, have been in Portuguese and Spanish, and rarely have these languages been absent from the trends since the Cup began.
Those vocal Brazilian and Argentinian fans love to talk about their individual players, but tend to refer to the opposition by country name only. So a wave of Brazilian lamentations over the team that defeated them and a surge of U.S. support for Holland has sent The Netherlands to the top of this week's team chart.
Below is the full breakdown, graciously compiled by Liz Pullen of What The Trend.
Remember, these rankings are not about team and player abilities, but reflect a "trend point" aggregation of hotly discussed topics related to them.
Most-Tweeted World Cup Teams
Rank
National Team
Points
1
Netherlands
5,672
2
Brazil
4,203
3
Spain
2,233
4
Germany
1,860
5
Uruguay
1,848
6
Argentina
762
7
Paraguay
381
8
Ghana
315
Most-Tweeted World Cup Players
We only included players on teams that actually played in the past week, which means that football superstar Cristiano Ronaldo, who continues to garner plenty of chatter from fans, has been removed from the stats below (his team -- Portugal -- was eliminated from the competition in the Round of 16). He would have ranked at number two on this chart.
Rank
Player
Team
Points
1
Felipe Melo
Brazil
3,656
2
Luis Suarez
Uruguay
486
3
Iker Casillas
Spain
363
4
Xabi Alonso
Spain
318
5
Miroslav Klose
Germany
279
6
Wesley Sneijder
Netherlands
276
7
Carles Puyol
Spain
252
8
Lionel Messi
Argentina
264
9
Fernando Torres
Spain
234
10
Diego Forlan
Uruguay
195
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