The chimes continue in Qatar 2022! Japan defeated Germany, one of the teams that always aspires to win the World Cup, and netizens reacted with countless memes.
Ilkay Gündogan opened the scoring for the Teutons with a penalty kick in the first half. But Ritsu Doan and Takuma Asano turned it around in the last 15 minutes of the plugin, in one of the best matches of the tournament so far.
Of course, the networks were flooded with references to Japanese pop culture, especially anime. “Olvier Atom”, “Benji Prince” and “Supercampeones” were trending in Latin America, while more contemporary anime soccer series like Blue Lock either Giant Killing They did the same globally.
Here are the best – and funniest – memes. As expected, the fans couldn’t stop having fun:
The coup was made canon!
Superchampions predicted it: Japan beat Germany. #Qatar2022 pic.twitter.com/SwqkjT6FNg
—Real Time 📈 (@RealTimeRating) November 23, 2022
Blue Lock is real…
BLUE LOCK IS REAL #FIFAWorldCup #GERJPN pic.twitter.com/S5v9LiUgNK
—IGN (@IGN) November 23, 2022
Argentina is no longer alone in its pain for a bad World Cup debut.
— Out Of Context Football (@nocontextfooty) November 23, 2022
It’s time to reevaluate who you bet on in Qatar 2022.
The guy who doesn’t know anything about soccer but bet on Japan because he’s an otaku and an anime fan pic.twitter.com/A8Hquag4Sj
—Alan (73⭐️) (@picotto_alan) November 23, 2022
But it was not easy. After losing in the first half, the support was with the Japanese in all parts of the world.
The Japanese and the otakus supporting Japan today pic.twitter.com/0e8vEwL80T
— Sokar (@I_am_Sokar_D) November 23, 2022
And the result:
Japan in the 1st half // Japan in the 2nd half pic.twitter.com/ZqYZt701Y5
—David De Pasquale (@Dave_51) November 23, 2022
“You are incredible Germany, you gave your best and for that I admire you.”
Graphic description of the match Germany VS Japan:#Qatar2022 #FIFAWorldCup pic.twitter.com/py4oCJeYQV
— Riza Hawkeye (@_strks_2) November 23, 2022
Also don’t underestimate the power of emotional flashback and the opening That sounds like you’re in the middle of a game.
Literally the Germany Japan of today was this pic.twitter.com/12yMjCT4u8
— Valy💧 (@Valy_Sora) November 23, 2022
Goalkeeper Shūichi Gonda was also a key part of the win against Germany.
The triplejueput4 of the goalkeeper of Japan pic.twitter.com/YqfUM6ynjQ
— jero (@jeroveintidos) November 23, 2022
How far will Japan go in Qatar 2022?
It’s hard to beat this Japan pic.twitter.com/aWxEtj4ZKB
– Mister Seitan (@CuentaMister) November 23, 2022
Never stop dreaming.
No Peter, they’re not your glasses.
Japan beat Germany in real life.
In Supercampeones, Oliver Atom, Steve Hyuga, Benji Price and his team beat Schneider and Muller’s Germany.
And today, all those Japanese children who dreamed of being like them made it come true. pic.twitter.com/ePgsP5F6pR
– ComarcaSportiva (@ComarcaDeportiva) November 23, 2022
And the Japanese also come out to celebrate at Tokyo’s iconic Shibuya Crossing.
MADNESS IN JAPAN AFTER THE BATACAZO! The Japanese fans celebrate the great victory against Germany at the well-known Shibuya crossing with a lot of merriment… and respect for traffic rules.
📽️ @ss_1_kk pic.twitter.com/qfvyJSNBLF
– SportsCenter (@SC_ESPN) November 23, 2022
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