🖥️ The internet goes wild! World Cup opener brings legendary memes | OneFootball

At football matches, and especially at World Cups, the internet can sometimes be a real goldmine. So it’s hardly surprising that the opening match between Mexico and South Africa has already produced plenty of memes that users all over the world are celebrating.

This South Korean fan is especially popular. Or is he actually Mexican? We’re not quite sure.

What we are sure about is that these two gentlemen perhaps shouldn’t have been paying quite so much attention to their phone and camera.

Referee Wilton Pereira Sampaio also drew a lot of attention. His communication of the VAR decisions prompted more than a few puzzled looks from the South African players.

The three red cards that were given were, of course, perfect meme material as well...

Even if there wasn’t much footballing finesse on display on the pitch at the Azteca Stadium, everyone involved still delivered across the board. At least when it came to memes.

By the way, you can watch the match highlights here again.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇩🇪 here.

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