{"id":4625,"date":"2026-06-12T19:48:18","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T19:48:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/?p=4625"},"modified":"2026-06-12T19:48:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T19:48:18","slug":"tequila-and-gangnam-style-south-koreas-world-cup-fans-enjoying-mexico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/?p=4625","title":{"rendered":"Tequila and &#039;Gangnam Style&#039;: South Korea&#039;s World Cup Fans Enjoying Mexico"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"subnav-title ff-ffc bold fs-23 lh-25 uc pd-b-10\">\n            POPULAR SEARCHES\n          <\/p>\n<p class=\"subnav-title ff-ffc bold fs-23 lh-25 uc pd-b-10\">\n            BROWSE BY\n          <\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>South Korea and Mexico opened their respective World Cup runs with wins on Thursday and didn\u2019t waste any time turning victory into celebration.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>Mexico, one of the three co-hosts of the World Cup, enjoyed a 2-0 win over South Korea in Mexico City. Hours later, across the country in Guadalajara, it was South Korea who rallied to a 2-1 win over Czechia.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>Following Thursday\u2019s wins, social media was flooded with clips of fans celebrating. The two fan bases came together in a lively postmatch party celebration, with Mexican supporters even joining in on the iconic &#8220;Gangnam Style&#8221; dance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>In another viral moment from the World Cup, Mexican supporters lifted a South Korean fan into the air during the festivities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>Another clip showed Mexican fans welcoming South Korean supporters with chants of, &#8220;Korean, brother, you\u2019re Mexican now!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>Of course, the history between these two fan bases dates back to 2018, when South Korea\u2019s win over Germany at that edition of the tournament helped Mexico advance to the knockouts. That turn of events even made our list of Top 100 World Cup moments of all time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>These moments highlight just how the World Cup is bringing fan bases shaped by shared history and mutual respect.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>The two nations may have different feelings when they meet on June 18 in their second group match, but for now, it\u2019s all about celebration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>POPULAR SEARCHES BROWSE BY South Korea and Mexico opened their respective World Cup runs with wins on Thursday and didn\u2019t waste any time turning victory into celebration.\u00a0 Mexico, one of the three co-hosts of the World Cup, enjoyed a 2-0 win over South Korea in Mexico City. Hours later, across the country in Guadalajara, it [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":4624,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4625","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-soccer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4625","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4625"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4625\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4624"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}