Visualization of tweets during Champions League final

Re:Visualization of tweets during Champions League final by ahsanup on Sunday May 25, 2014 @05:24PM (#7797621)

Awesome to see Turkey showing up big on this map, had no clue that the sport was so popular there.

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Re:Visualization of tweets during Champions League final by emilsedgh on Sunday May 25, 2014 @05:57PM (#7797733)

That might be due to the fact that one of the most effective players of Atletico Madrid, Arda Turan [0], is Turkish.

Although he was injured and missed the match.

[0] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arda_Turan

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Re:Visualization of tweets during Champions League final by askar_yu on Sunday May 25, 2014 @06:08PM (#7797769)

might also be due to the fact that Turks are simply - really mad about soccer :)! I lived couple years in Istanbul, and was amazed by how Turks are obsessed with soccer overall.

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Re:Visualization of tweets during Champions League final by pedrosorio on Sunday May 25, 2014 @08:58PM (#7798231)

It seems odd that a country of that size with a huge love for the sport, misses so many of the final stages of the World Cup / European championship.

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Re:Visualization of tweets during Champions League final by lazyant on Monday May 26, 2014 @02:25PM (#7800889)

"Soccernomics" author predicted Turkey becoming much better at soccer competitions for those and other reasons, it hasn't materialized yet though.

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Re:Visualization of tweets during Champions League final by petepete on Monday May 26, 2014 @05:24AM (#7799171)

Yeah, but they did finish third at the 2002 World Cup and third at Euro 2008; not bad at all.

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