The search for the World Cup’s most polite fans is down to two finalists: Japan and Senegal.
Both groups of fans stayed at their respective stadiums after their teams’ wins on Tuesday to pick up trash and lighten the work of the 15,000 or so Russian volunteers.
Japan is known for this behavior. In the 2014 World Cup, Samurai Blue supporters brought big trash bags with them for use after the match with Colombia in Recife, Brazil.
This year in Russia, the bags came back, and the world took notice.
And then Senegal fans, after their Lions upset Poland, 2-1, followed suit.