For about 45 minutes last night there was pretty much nothing else to do but take to Twitter to discuss the demise of possibly the greatest football team of all time.
Here are some of the best Tweets.
how many times can you change nationality? asking for a friend
— Diego Costa (@OfficialDCosta) June 18, 2014
BREAKING: Live pictures of Jose Mourinho watching Iker Casillas. pic.twitter.com/wMXrXoqSSO — BBC Sporf (@BBCSporf) June 18, 2014
Don't blame the manager. Don't blame the players. It's human mortality that's to blame here. We are born, we win a few cups, we age and die.
— Ronan Fitzgerald (@rmkf) June 18, 2014
Watching Spain is like watching Ireland at Euro2012. Although, at least Ireland scored a goal from open play. #BBCWorldCup — Conor McNamara (@ConorMcNamaraIE) June 18, 2014
"If Spain lose tonight they are out" Cheers Geoff
— Cheers Geoff (@Cheers_geoff) June 18, 2014
Terrible stuff from the Spanish. We would have sung at least 3 renditions of The Fields of Athenry by now #SPA #WC2014 — Mark O'Toole (@M_OToole) June 18, 2014
Gonna repeat again Chile back 3 are two midfielders who got relegated [at Osasuna & Cardiff] and a CB released by Notts Forest.
— Dermot Corrigan (@dermotmcorrigan) June 18, 2014
Respect to those two Spanish men, who when they saw they were on the big screen in the stadium, continued to look glum. — Dara Ó Briain (@daraobriain) June 18, 2014
It’s a shame he substituted Vidal So Soon #BeenWaitingAllMatchForThat #WorldCupPuns
— Alan Metcalfe (@AlanMetcalfe) June 18, 2014
Game over! #ESP pic.twitter.com/VklHks7Emb — 8bit-Football.com (@8bitfootball) June 19, 2014
Oh David Moyes. When will the nightmare end? pic.twitter.com/JiXFiygdok
— Alex Shaw (@AlexShawESPN) June 18, 2014
Diego Costa’s original passport didn’t die for this. — Iain Macintosh (@iainmacintosh) June 18, 2014
The Spanish 606 is about to start: winter breaks, how they coach kids, competitive parents and non domestic players all to be discussed
— Mark Chapman (@markchapman) June 18, 2014
Meanwhile, in the late kick-off....
Alex Song with THE MOST ELECTRIFYIN' MOVE IN SPORTS ENTERTAINMENT! #BrazilNuts pic.twitter.com/OMYQjWjjwj — Paddy Power (@paddypower) June 18, 2014