5)Mexican Fans carry a card board figure of one of their friend who wasn’t allowed to attend the World Cup by his wife
4) Peruvian substitutes console a crying Christian Cueva who missed a penalty against Denmark
3) Iranian Players Sardar Azmoun and Reza Ghoochannejhad share posts on Instagram in support Moroccon defender Bouhaddouz who scored an own goal against them
2) A Video of a Mexican woman performing some ritual on Mexican players appearing on TV went viral on social media. Video is testament to how football is a part of their Culture.
I’m 100% convinced my grandma was the reason Mexico won pic.twitter.com/9jBRF5wFPE
— paola (@paolaa_janet) June 17, 2018
1) Schools in Uruguay cancelled classes to allow kids watch their opening world cup game against Egypt. A video of kids celebrating as Jose Giménez scored the winner went viral on social media
Every school in Uruguay are cancelling classes to watch the national team in the World Cup.
Here's footage from one school in Montevideo when Giménez scored the last minute winner today. pic.twitter.com/8Jd7uHWlzz
— Caño Football (@CanoFootball) June 15, 2018