The world was hooked onto the finale of FIFA World Cup 2022 on Sunday, December 19, 2022 with over 1.5 lakh football fanatics present during the match at the Lusail stadium in Qatar, with over millions of fans stuck to their television sets around the world.
According to the chief executive officer of Alphabet Inc and subsidiary Google, the search engine Google Search recorded its highest traffic ever in 25 years during the finals of FIFA World Cup.
“It was like the entire world was searching about one thing,” said Pichai in a tweet.
The new CEO of the microblogging website Elon Musk released figures for the football world cup, stating that 24,400 tweets went live in a second for the goal made by France, marking it to be the highest ever for the World Cup.
“”24,400 tweets per second for France’s goal, highest ever for World Cup,” Musk tweeted.
Search recorded its highest ever traffic in 25 years during the final of #FIFAWorldCup , it was like the entire world was searching about one thing!
— Sundar Pichai (@sundarpichai) December 19, 2022
The match between France and Argentina came neck to neck and the duration spanned across 120 minutes after a thriller 3-3 score, with Argentina finally taking the World Cup trophy back home after 36 long years.
Lionel Messi marked his exit from the whole scene, badding triumphantly as he crowned his glorious football career with the world cup trophee.
“I want to keep experiencing a few more matches as world champion,” Messi said.
The 23-year old French footballer Kylian Mbappé created history too in the final match striking a hat trick last night.
Messi, Mbapppe and FIFA World Cup final were among the top social media with gnawing excitement among football fanatics globally.
“Today football continues to tell its story, as always, in an enthralling way. Messi winning his first World Cup, as his trajectory deserved. My dear friend, Mbappe, scoring four goals in a final. What a gift it was to watch this spectacle to the future of our sport,” wrote Pele on social media, congratulating the two players.
