For 89 minutes, Uruguay and Egypt sat deadlocked in a scoreless tie during their World Cup opener. Injured Egyptian star Mo Sala sat on the bench, and Uruguay’s dangerous attackers were unable to break through. Then, this happened:
It’s impossible not to smile from ear-to-ear while watching these Uruguayan kids go ballistic after José Giménez’s game-winner
The goal goes in, and you get to watch dozens of kids fall in love with the game in real-time.
José Giménez put the goal in and Uruguay stole three points in a crucial opening game. But as exciting as that goal was, watching these Uruguayan children go absolutely bonkers in the goal’s aftermath is so much better.
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This is the power of sports, and it goes beyond the lip service about bringing people together and all that stuff. This is visceral and authentic.
No matter how long those kids live, they’ll all remember the day their teachers cancelled class and they got to watch an epic win in the World Cup. You have to imagine that in that video you just watched at least one person fall in love with soccer, and their national team for the first time.
That’s pretty cool.
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