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Screaming, Cheering, Crying: Soccer Fans During The World Cup

With the World Cup moving towards the knockout stages, fans are gripped alternatively by agony or ecstasy. Today's big match, which sees the U.S. go head to head with Germany, promises to provoke similar emotional extremes. We've compiled a gallery of the best fan responses during the World Cup so far

US fans watch a 2014 World Cup Group G football match USA vs Portugal on a giant screen in Rio de Janeiro, on June 22, 2014. South Korean football fans react as their team loses to Algeria in the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, as they watch the match on giant screens in central Seoul on June 23, 2014. Fans with their faces painted with the U.S. national soccer team's colors, watch a live telecast of the group G World Cup match between United States and Portugal, inside the FIFA Fan Fest area on Copacabana beach, in Rio de Janeiro on June 22, 2014. England fans react as they watch a live telecast of the group D World Cup match between Uruguay and England, inside the FIFA Fan Fest area on Copacabana beach, in Rio de Janeiro on June 19, 2014. U.S. fans react as they watch the 2014 World Cup soccer match between U.S. and Ghana on a large screen at Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro on June 16, 2014. Spectators react as they watch the FIFA World Cup 2014 football match between France and Ecuador on a screen in central Paris on June 25, 2014. U.S. fans watch a live broadcast of the soccer match between USA and Ghana, inside the FIFA Fan Fest area on Copacabana beach, Rio de Janeiro on June 16, 2014. Uruguay soccer fans celebrate their team's goal against Italy as they watch the World Cup game on a live telecast inside the FIFA Fan Fest area on Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro on June 24, 2014. Supporters of Italy and Uruguay accompanying match of the World Cup on the big screens of FIFA Fan Fest on the sands of Copacabana beach, south zone of Rio de Janeiro on June 24, 2014. Uruguay fans celebrate as Uruguay scores their first goal against England as seen on the screen set up at Word Cup FIFA Fan Fest on Copacabana beach on June 19, 2014 in Rio de Janeiro. A South Korean fan watches a live TV broadcast of her team's 2014 World Cup Group H soccer match against Algeria, in Seoul on June 23, 2014. Dutch soccer fans celebrate a goal as they watch a broadcast of the 2014 World Cup soccer match between the Netherlands and Spain on a large screen at Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro on June 13, 2014. Algeria's fans react as they watch the FIFA 2014 World Cup football match Algeria vs South Korea on a big screen in central Algiers, on June 22, 2014. A Soccer fan wearing England's team colors watches a live telecast of the group D World Cup match between Uruguay and England, inside the FIFA Fan Fest area on Copacabana beach, in Rio de Janeiro on June 19, 2014. A fan reacts as she watches the 2014 World Cup soccer match between Italy and Uruguay, in Rome on June 24, 2014. South Korean football fans react as their team scores a goal, during a public screening in Seoul of the South Korea vs Russia football match at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, early on June 18, 2014. Spanish soccer fans react while watching the soccer game between Spain and the Netherlands in Madrid on June 13, 2014. A Spanish soccer fan holds her head as she watches, on a giant display, the World Cup soccer match between Spain and Chile, in Madrid on June 18, 2014. Supporters of the Portuguese national team gather at Terreiro do Paco Square in Lisbon on June 22, 2014 during a public viewing of the FIFA World Cup 2014 group G match between Portugal and the US played in Manaus, Brazil. Italian fans watch Italy vs Costa Rica on June 20, 2014 on the Piazza Venezia square in Rome. A Brazil soccer fan watches a screen broadcasting the opening match between Brazil and Croatia inside the FIFA Fan Fest area on Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro on June 12, 2014. Brazil supporters cheer at FIFA Fan Fest in Salvador, Brazil on June 23, 2014, during the group A football match between Brazil and Cameron in the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Brazilian fans watch the opening match of the FIFA World Cup 2014 between Brazil and Croatia in the Fan Fest zone on Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro on June 12, 2014. An Argentine fan reacts while watching the match against Nigeria on a big screen at San Martin Square, in Buenos Aires on June 25, 2014. An Argentine fan celebrates while watching the match against Nigeria on a big screen at San Martin Square, in Buenos Aires on June 25, 2014.

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