Son Heung-min (30, Tottenham) boasted the dignity of a ‘world star’ at the World Cup in Qatar.
On the 20th (Korean time), Twitter announced some figures about the World Cup in Qatar through its official blog. We could see the most tweeted matches, the most tweeted moments, the most mentioned players, the most mentioned teams, and the most tweeted countries.
The name of Son Heung-min, captain of the Korean national soccer team, also appeared. According to the announcement, he was the 5th 스포츠토토 most talked about player on Twitter. Son Heung-min proudly ranked 5th out of over 800 players, proving his global popularity.
The first place was Lionel Messi, who finished the ‘Last Dance’ by winning the World Cup, and the second place was Kylian Mbappe, the protagonist of the golden boot and hat-trick in the final. Neymar and Cristiano Ronaldo finished third and fourth, respectively.
In addition, the game with the most tweets was the final match between Argentina and France, and the moment with the most tweets was also the moment when Argentina won the championship. The second was Mbappe’s surprising equalizer, and the third was Brazil’s quarterfinal elimination.
By country, Argentina, Brazil, France, Portugal, and Croatia were mentioned the most in that order, and it was revealed that Brazilian fans sent more tweets than fans from any other country. Japan ranked second, Argentina third, and the United States and France ranked fourth and fifth, respectively.