Back at home, there were many more big names watching the game from the comfort of their own living rooms. At the moment that Germany scored the winning goal against Argentina, a new twitter record was set with 618,725 tweets per minute being sent.
Stars including Shannen Doherty, Wilmer Valderrama, Ryan Seacrest and Pete Wentz were amongst the voracious tweeters, posting their thoughts as the football finale took place.
"The more they play, the more I eat #worldcup," TV host Seacrest wrote.
"This was 1 of my most exciting #WorldCup I have seen in my life.. My love to all the teams for leaving it all on the field. #WorldCup2014," wrote Demi Lovato's beau Valderrama.