Football World Cup 2014: How the world tweeted #SUI versus #FRA

New Delhi: Switzerland central defender Steve von Bergen is out of the World Cup after breaking a facial bone in his team's 5-2 loss to France. Von Bergen was kicked in the face by France striker Olivier Giroud as they challenged for the ball in the seventh minute of Friday's match in Salvador in Group E.

While the match was on, the world was also simultaneously tweeting, vigorously. According to Twitter, there were a total of 2.7 million tweets about the game during the live telecast.

Twitter highlights from the match:

The most-mentioned players on Twitter

Switzerland

- Philippe Senderos

- Blerim Džemaili

- Granit Xhaka

France

- Olivier Giroud

- Karim Benzema

- Mathieu Valbuena

The most-tweeted moments during the match

Moussa Sissoko (FRA) score - 78,164 tweets

Karim Benzema (FRA) scores - 67,821 tweets

France beats Switzerland 5-2 - 62,610 tweets

The most-retweeted tweets during the match