The World Cup this year had a lot of firsts — it was the first-ever win for a European country on South American soil, it was Germany’s first win as a united country, and it was the first time social media was used to such an extent during an event.Throughout the tournament, fans took to Twitter, Facebook, Google+, Instagram, Pinterest, and more, to cheer on their teams, diss their rivals, and make jokes about the ups and downs of the games. Millions of people tweeted and posted about Germany’s final triumph, Brazil’s humiliating loss, Uruguay’s Luis Suarez’ notorious bite, and Neymar’s broken vertebrae.In all, there were 672 million tweets relating to the 2014 World Cup, according to Twitter. This is the highest number of tweets the social network has ever had related to an event — although these numbers may be slightly skewed since the World Cup involves 64 matches and other events like the Super Bowl and the Oscars are one-time deals and the Olympics is just 16 days. “Whether the crowd was reacting to a big goal, predicting the outcome of the next match, or discussing the latest injury or controversy, fans came to Twitter to discuss the…