Hirving Lozano stunned Germany with his goal for Mexico (Picture: Getty)

The 2018 World Cup has quite literally sent shockwaves around the globe – that’s if Mexico’s government are to be believed.

Hirving Lozano stunned Germany as he broke the deadlock in Mexico’s opening match in Russia against Joachim Low’s lacklustre side on Sunday afternoon.

Mexico’s fans inside the Luzhniki Stadium were sent into a frenzy and supporters back home also went absolutely bananas as their side scored against the holders.

Incredibly, Mexico’s reported that ‘mass jumping’ after Lozano’s goal sparked a small earthquake in the capital.


It was confirmed that the tiny tremors occurred immediately after Lozano’s effort in Moscow.

El #sismo detectado en la Ciudad de México se originó de manera artificial. Posiblemente por saltos masivos durante el Gol de la selección de #México en el mundial. Por lo menos dos sensores dentro de la Ciudad lo detectaron a las 11:32. pic.twitter.com/mACKesab3b — SIMMSA (@SIMMSAmex) June 17, 2018

‘The Seismometer detected in Mexico City originated artificially,’ the Mexican government confirmed.



‘Possibly by massive jumps during Mexico’s goal at the World Cup. At least two sensors inside the city detected it at 11:32.’

Juan Carlos Osorio was confident his players could compete with Germany (Picture: Getty)

Speaking ahead of the clash, Mexico boss Juan Carlos Osorio claimed his players could go ‘toe-to-toe’ with Germany.

‘We can compete with them. We think we have a good chance to match up against the best team in world football and go head-to-head against them,’ he said.

‘I completely believe in my players and I believe that with the midfielders we have we can dispute the possession.

‘We have to respect the opponent, but … we will not change our idea of playing. We’ll always go toe-to-toe.’

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