How the internet responded to last night’s England v Uruguay game

Anxiety turned to excitement, which turned to hope which turned to, well, a whole lot of angry (and rather amusing) tweets

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By Emma Daly

Published: Friday, 20th June 2014 at 11:48 am

Last night’s England v Uruguay World Cup game saw Roy Hodgson’s men leave the pitch with another 2-1 defeat to their name.

Here at RadioTimes.com we’d been doing the maths on whether England would be knocked out if they lost the match, secretly hoping, of course, that it would turn out to be a pointless bit of activity.

But no such luck.

Twitter was filled with the minute-by-minute emotions of fans, which ranged from anxious excitement to outright pain…

The (fake Twitter) Queen had some thoughts for the team

If don't win, don't even think about coming back. #EnglandvsUruguay

— Elizabeth Windsor (@Queen_UK) June 19, 2014

… which was later followed by this rather unregal mention

Dear the England team, WTF?! Regards, The Queen. #EnglandvsUruguay

— Elizabeth Windsor (@Queen_UK) June 19, 2014

Some managed to keep the positivity a bit longer

Meanwhile on ITV + 1 England are still with a great chance. #EnglandvsUruguay

— Alexander Nekrassov (@StirringTrouble) June 19, 2014

Others, not so much

Big choice for Hodgson now. Aisle or window seat. #EnglandvsUruguay

— Nick Ferrari (@NickFerrariLBC) June 19, 2014

Some were apparently blissfully unaware of what was even going on

Best World Cup overheard so far? "Who's the guy in orange who keeps throwing the ball back?" #EnglandvsUruguay

— Zoe Shenton (@ZoeShenton) June 19, 2014

While others thought up elaborate plans that would enable us to save the situation

So if Italy win the next two games and every other team in the tournament is abducted by aliens we go through yeah? #EnglandvsUruguay

— Jen Brister (@JenBrister) June 19, 2014

England’s one goal caused quite a lot of fuss

HELL JUST FROZE OVER! THANKYOU @WayneRooney YOU BEAUTIFUL LITTLE MAN. #EnglandvsUruguay

— Colonel Bustard (@serialwillis) June 19, 2014

But it wasn’t enough to completely raise spirits

Just to say- have arrived at Heathrow and have prime position to cheer England team home tomorrow #EnglandvsUruguay

— Dom Joly (@domjoly) June 19, 2014

Even the big guy couldn’t be moved on the issue

I just don’t like Wayne Rooney. #EnglandvsUruguay

— God (@TheTweetOfGod) June 19, 2014

Gosh, even the fruit was confused

We're sat in front of the TV, ready for the #EnglandvsUruguay game. We're excited. We're apprehensive. We're excitedly apprehensive.

— innocent drinks (@innocent) June 19, 2014

Depressed Darth Vader had some ideas on how England fans felt when the game came to its sad end