
After Japan came from behind to score two second-half goals to beat the German team at the Khalifa International Stadium, the fans of the ‘Blue Brigade’ cleaned up the mess and collected all the litter in waste bags before vacating the arena.
This which signifies the cleanliness of Japanese culture has really impressed the world. Fans continued their tradition of cleaning up football stadiums, taking time to clear any mess before celebrating their side’s World Cup shock win over Germany.
On Wednesday afternoon, Japan caused a big upset in Group E, as they defeated 2014 world champions Germany, in the opening game of the group.
Hansi Flick’s side took the lead in the first half, and should have been 2-0 up, but were on the wrong end of a huge comeback by the side from the Far East. The full time whistle was unsurprisingly met with a huge celebration from the whole Japan squad, with the substitutes even shown celebrating a clearance during injury time.
However, one group of fans waited until a while after the game had finished to start their partying, instead waiting for the rest of the crowd to leave and then helping to clean up the stadium, as you can see in the video below.
It’s not the first time that fans of the Samurai Blue, possibly the coolest nickname of any international football team, have cleaned up after themselves.
The tradition really came to people’s knowledge during the World Cup in Russia, four and a half years ago, and they’ve continued to do so in Qatar.
Earlier in the week, Japanese fans were spotted cleaning up after everyone after the opening game of the tournament, where Ecuador beat the hosts.
There may have been even more for them to clean up that night, with plenty of debris still around from the opening ceremony ahead of kick off, which Morgan Freeman was involved in.
It’s not just the fans that have been involved in cleaning up after themselves, with the players also known to leave stadiums better than they found them.
In the previous World Cup, Japan managed to make it out of the group stages due to their discipline record, after finishing with identical results to Senegal.
There was some criticism of the team from Asia for happily taking a 1-0 loss to Poland, which helped both go through, whilst avoiding any bookings.