Football World Cup 2014: How the world tweeted #CRC versus #URU

New Delhi: Costa Rica pulled off the biggest upset of the World Cup so far, scoring three second-half goals to come from behind and beat former champions Uruguay 3-1 in their opening Group D match on Saturday. The result left Uruguay's World Cup ambitions in disarray in this, one of the toughest groups in the tournament.

According to Twitter, there were a total of 2.9 million tweets about the game during the live telecast.

Twitter highlights from the match:

The most-tweeted moments during the match

- Joel Campbell (CRC) scores - 107,646 tweets

- Oscar Duarte (CRC) scores - 106,637 tweets

- Pereira (URU) red card right before game ends/Costa Rica beats Uruguay 3-1 - 66,089 tweets

The most-mentioned players during the match

Costa Rica

-Joel Campbell

-Oscar Duarte

-Keylor Navas

Uruguay

- Edinson Cavani

- Maximiliano Pereira

- Luis Suarez (despite not playing)

The most retweeted tweets during the match