World Cup 2018: Sweden, Mexico fans united in celebrating Germany’s exit [video]

They say sport brings people together, but it’s rare to see opposing fans both singing in celebration just minutes after the result on the day did not go one side’s way.

In the case of Mexico, their fans every reason to be jumping around in the streets of Ekaterinburg, despite their team putting on their worst performance of the 2018 World Cup – crashing to a 3-0 defeat to Sweden.

This was thanks to the result in the parallel Group F fixture, where world champions, Germany were stunned by the unfancied South Korea, who ran out 2-0 winners, sending them out of the tournament in the first round.

This meant that both Mexico and Sweden progressed to the round of 16, prompting a rare show of unity from the opposing camps, as they joined one another bidding the pre-tournament favourites goodbye, who continued the trend of defending champions crashing out at the earliest hurdle in the competition.

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Watch Sweden and Mexico fans celebrating together here:

???? ???????? “Bye-Bye Germany, Bye-Bye Germany.”

The Sweden & Mexico fans unite to celebrate Germany’s loss to Korea…

(???? @Newsflare)#KORGER#SWE#MEX pic.twitter.com/V6C2Z4ut9L

— TheSportsman Transfers (@TSMTransfers) June 27, 2018

The true heroes on the day were, of course, the east Asian outfit, and a certain Mexican contingent – in Germany – recognised this as they gave one South Korean fan the heroes treatment, as they hoisted him in their shoulders after the game.

Watch South Korean fan gets the heroes treatment from Mexican fans:

When you go to the next round because of #KOR ???? #MEX #Mexico #NadaNosDetiene #Germany #Alemania #WorldCup pic.twitter.com/MtTwyptGYU

— Ricky OTV (@rickyotv) June 27, 2018

It was perhaps more of a sigh of relief for the Mexican fans, who found themselves biting their fingernails as they were well out of their contest against the Swedes long before South Korea’s late – albeit fortuitous – goals banished the Germans to an early exit.

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