Brands troll Brazil’s World Cup collapse on Twitter

By Brian Morrissey • July 8, 2014 •

The nation of Brazil was stunned by its beloved Selecao’s incredible collapse at the World Cup, where it was soundly and thoroughly thrashed by Germany, 7-1. Even worse, the suddenly inept Brazilian soccer team become the butt of real-time marketing jokes by brands.

To the replay!

Stunned children are apparently #priceless. MasterCard might see a surge in popularity in Rio.

Stunned. #WorldCup #Brazil2014 pic.twitter.com/CRVF0HesU1

— Visa (@Visa) July 8, 2014

Dunno if that would have been enough.

Somebody give #BRA some wings! #justforkicks

— Red Bull (@redbull) July 8, 2014

DiGiorno goes the pop culture route with a cheap one.

#ThingMoreLikelyThanBrazilWinningTheWorldCup CM Punk coming back #RAW

— DiGiorno Pizza (@DiGiornoPizza) July 8, 2014

Ah, German engineering.

#Gooolf #GER! Where are the vuvuzelas when you need them? #VWGolfGTI https://t.co/OTTKOLHB4g

— Volkswagen USA (@VW) July 8, 2014

And more German engineering.

One goal per cylinder … #GER #GERBRA pic.twitter.com/UoazCEOa3C

— AUDI AG (@Audi_Online) July 8, 2014

Not the wurst we’ve seen, dog. Not the best either.

Well, this is wurst case scenario for Brazil. #BrazilvsGermany

— Tesco (@Tesco) July 8, 2014

Uh-oh, football fight.

TOUCHDOWN #GER!

— Seattle Seahawks (@Seahawks) July 8, 2014

Even the porn people got in on the action.

If I wanted to see a Brazilian gang-bang I would just go on Pornhub. #BrazilvsGermany

— Pornhub Katie (@Pornhub) July 8, 2014

Kudos to this German radio station for not settling for a tweet.

Brands troll Brazil’s World Cup collapse on Twitter

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