Twitter Chatter During Euro 2012 - Who Won The 140-Character Cup? [INFOGRAPHIC]

The final match of Euro 2012 set a new Twitter record for sports, as people tweeted to celebrate Spain’s goals and lament Italy’s misses.

But how exactly did all of that Twitter chatter look?

Sunday’s match saw a record 15,358 tweets-per-second sent at its peak, and a total of about 16.5 million tweets during the event.

The Score took a close look at these tweets to see exactly who was tweeting and what they were tweeting about.

They looked not just at the final, but at the entire Euro 2012 cup from the group stage to quarterfinals, semifinals and finally the championship game.

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