Adorable video of Uruguayan schoolchildren celebrating last-minute goal goes viral

Uruguay scored in the 89th minute to win their opening match.

June 16, 2018, 3:14 PM

An adorable moment of Uruguayan schoolchildren celebrating their football team’s last-minute goal in its opening World Cup match has gone viral.

Uruguay scored in the 89th minute of Friday's match, going on to defeat Egypt 1-0.

Uruguay's Jose Gimenez, covered by his teammates, celebrates after scoring his side's opening goal during the group A match between Egypt and Uruguay at the 2018 soccer World Cup in the Yekaterinburg Arena in Yekaterinburg, Russia, June 15, 2018.
Natacha Pisarenko/AP

Students at Colegio del Sur in Montevideo, Uruguay, watched in breathless anticipation, before screaming and running rampant through a courtyard at the game's only goal.

The video was tweeted out by a soccer fan site -- and quickly racked up more than 7,000 retweets as of Saturday afternoon.

Uruguay next faces Saudi Arabia on Wednesday. FiveThirtyEight’s World Cup predictor favors them at 78 percent.