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Thrill of Victory and Agony of Defeat: Fans Get Emotional During World Cup

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Breathtaking World Cup 2018 matches have already become very popular for their unexpected results. The German national team that won the previous World Cup didn't even make it out of the group stage of the tournament while the Russian team won two games in a row. Fans worry and furiously react to their team's defeat and joyfully celebrate their victory. 

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A South Korean soccer fan reacts as she watches a live broadcast of the Group F World Cup match between South Korea and Germany, at a public viewing venue in Seoul, South Korea.
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Serbia's fans react as they watch the World Cup Group E football match between Serbia and Switzerland on a giant screen in central Belgrade.
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Supporters of the German national football team cry as they attend a public viewing event at the Fanmeile in Berlin to watch the Russia 2018 World Cup Group F football match between South Korea and Germany.
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Russia's fans rejoice after the World Cup Group A football match between Russia and Egypt, on Nikolskaya street in Moscow.
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A Senegalese fan screams as she watches the World Cup Group H match between Japan and Senegal on a screen.
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Mexican fans leave the stands after the World Cup Group match between Mexico and Sweden in Yekaterinburg.
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An Iranian national team fan after the World Cup Group match between Iran and Portugal.
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Fans celebrate Brazil's victory against Costa Rica after watching their FIFA World Cup Russia 2018 football match on a giant screen in the Alzirao neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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A fan of Panama's national team cries after the World Cup Group match between England and Panama.
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Iceland national team fans chant during the World Cup Group match between Iceland and Croatia.
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Argentina fans cry as they watch the FIFA World Cup match between Argentina and Nigeria on a large screen in San Martin square in Buenos Aires.
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A Colombia fan celebrates at the end of the World Cup Group H match between Poland and Colombia in Kazan, Russia.
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Actor Howard X, North Korean Leader Kim Jong-un's impersonator at the World Cup Group A football match between Uruguay and Russia.
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Australian fans react in a pub in Melbourne, as they watch Australia play Peru in their Russia 2018 World Cup Group C football match on a giant screen.
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A Russia supporter watches the Russia 2018 World Cup Group A football match between Uruguay and Russia on a giant screen at the FIFA Fan Fest in Nizhny Novgorod.
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Achraf Hakimi (Morocco) talks to fans after the World Cup match between Spain and Morocco.
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A Croatia fan screams as she watches the national team play against Argentina in the 2018 Russia World Cup Group D match on a giant screen, in the capital's main square in Zagreb.
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Sweden team fans watch the World Cup Group match between Mexico and Sweden.
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Moroccan football fans react while watching the Russia 2018 World Cup Group B match against Iran in Voronezh.
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Japan national team fans rejoice while watching the Russia 2018 World Cup Group H match between Colombia and Japan.
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An Uruguay fan screams during a Russia 2018 World Cup Group football match between Uruguay and Russia.
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A German team fan sits in the stands after the Russia 2018 World Cup Group football match between Germany and South Korea.
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English fans celebrate their team's opener at the Fifa Fan Fest area in Kaliningrad as they watch the Russia 2018 World Cup Group G match between Tunisia and England at the Volgograd Arena in Volgograd.
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Argentina fans celebrate their team's victory after the Russia 2018 World Cup Group match between Nigeria and Argentina.
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