Football World Cup 2014: How the world tweeted #HON versus #ECU

New Delhi: Enner Valencia struck twice to give Ecuador a 2-1 World Cup win over Honduras on Friday and raise their hopes of making the last 16, leaving the Hondurans with only a first finals goal since 1982 as consolation.

While the match was on, the world was also simultaneously tweeting, vigorously. According to Twitter, there were a total of 1 million tweets about the game during the live telecast.

Twitter highlights from the match:

The most-mentioned players on Twitter

Ecuador

- Enner Valencia

- Jefferson Montero

- Christian Noboa

Honduras

- Carlo Costly

- Jerry Bengtson

- Noel Valladares

The most-tweeted moments during the match

Enner Valencia (ECU) scores - 26,507 tweets

Carlo Costly (HON) scores - 26,423

Enner Valencia (ECU) scores - 22,877

The most-retweeted tweets during the match