The last encounter between Italy and Uruguay would be remembered for three things. One – Italy travels back home as they are knocked out of the World Cup 2014, Two – the biting incident from Luis Suarez, the star forward for Uruguay’s soccer team and Third – brands on Twitter chipping in and having fun on the controversy.
Visuals clearly show that Luis Suarez who has the habit of biting fellow opponents, bit defender Giorgio Chiellini inside Italy’s box. Uruguay won the crucial match but Suarez became the villain on the Internet. #BanSuarez has been trending on Twitter and the online media has been filled with the controversy and Suarez memes.
That Luis Suarez bite tho. http://t.co/VJnQbzCphK #WorldCup http://t.co/mL05JubYbr
— Mashable (@mashable) June 24, 2014
PROOF: Luis Suárez DID bite Giorgio Chiellini – http://ift.tt/1pyMtKX
— World Cup 2014 (@WorldCupPosts) June 24, 2014
Brands who are eying every little space while the games are on, grabbed this opportunity with both hands. Below is the list of 11 such brands who used the incident to spread humor along with some promotion too. The data was pulled out with the help of Unmetric, the brand monitoring product.
1. McDonald’s Uruguay: The tweet in Spanish happens to be the most re-tweeted tweet on the Suarez biting incident. The brand has invited Suarez to give a bite to big Mac.
Hola @luis16suarez, si te quedaste con hambre vení a darle un mordisco a una BigMac ;)
— McDonald's Uruguay (@McDonalds_Uy) June 24, 2014
2. Nandos UK: Grabbing the opportunity, the brand has asked Suarez to stick his teeth into something really tasty where tasty refers to its mouth tempting chicken, fries and rice.
Hey @luis16suarez, if you're that hungry, why not get your teeth stuck into something really tasty? http://ift.tt/1lnyMPP
— Nando's (@NandosUK) June 24, 2014
3. Snickers: The chocolate brand known to calm your hunger shared that they are tastier than Italian (to be read as Chiellini).
Hey @luis16suarez. Next time you're hungry just grab a Snickers. #worldcup #luissuarez #EatASNICKERS http://ift.tt/1nD49Tc
— SNICKERS® (@SNICKERS) June 24, 2014
4. Whataburger: The brand tweeted that Suarez wouldn’t be so hungry if he had Whataburger for the game. They could have tagged Suarez so that he remembers this for the next game.
If only Suarez had Whataburger before the game he wouldn't be so hungry.
— Whataburger® (@Whataburger) June 24, 2014
5. BuzzFeed: The brand emphasized that Suarez did it again. No grumpy cat memes for Suarez, that is surprising from BuzzFeed.
SUAREZ just BIT someone. AGAIN. #URUvsITA
— BuzzFeed (@BuzzFeed) June 24, 2014
6. PizzaExpress: The pizza brand was keen to offer Suarez a gift card for pizza asap since he has been on a biting spree.
Suarez has bitten somebody again? We really need to get that man a £10 gift card for pizza asap. #italiaUruguay #ITA
— PizzaExpress (@PizzaExpress) June 24, 2014
7. McDonald’s Brazil: The burger chain in the hosting country didn’t miss out on the fun and reminded Suarez that it is just Thursday.
Alguém avisa o Suárez que o McItália é só de quinta-feira :P http://t.co/CDzAJ4j9SP
— McDonald's Brasil (@McDonalds_BR) June 24, 2014
8. PizzaExpress India: The only Indian brand that got into the list has offered Suarez to bite the famous Calabrese pizza. Not a bad invite considering it is Italian.
Suarez, if you ever feel like biting into a tastier Italian, try our famous Calabrese pizza. #justsaying #ITAvsURU http://ift.tt/1lSlhIX
— PizzaExpress India (@PizzaExpressIN) June 24, 2014
9. Domino’s Pizza UK: The pizza brand was regretting that no one told Suarez about it’s #TwoForTuesday, he could have pizza for dinner instead.
Maybe somebody should have told @luis16suarez it's #TwoForTuesday, he could have pizza for dinner instead! #biting
— Domino's Pizza UK (@Dominos_UK) June 24, 2014
10. Cinnamon Toast Crunch: The brand stated that biting is only okay when you are made of sugar and cinnamon. The brand also raised its voice by supporting #BanSuarez.
Biting is only okay when you're made of cinnamon and sugar. #BanSuarez #WorldCup http://ift.tt/Vlq0Z6
— CinnamonToastCrunch (@CTCSquares) June 24, 2014
11. Cleaveland Indians: The brand requested people not to bite like Suarez, instead bite into their offerings.
Don’t bite people like #Suarez. Bite into Dollar Dogs to start a 10G homestand on July 4! Tix: http://t.co/TCR3Z0sxjR http://ift.tt/TitJ7Q
— Cleveland Indians (@Indians) June 24, 2014
Real time marketing at its best.
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