--- title: World Cup 2018: Grandma Blesses Mexico Against Germany description: World Cup 2018 is underway and Mexico has already pulled off the tournament's first major upset with some help from one special grandma. canonical: https://time.com/5314919/world-cup-2018-grandma-blesses-mexico/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-06-18T17:50:00.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:53:27.250Z og:title: People Think This Grandma Made Mexico's World Cup Win Happen og:description: World Cup 2018 is already full of surprises og:url: https://time.com/5314919/world-cup-2018-grandma-blesses-mexico/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0b1859e273ff818d/6989333f4ee26252e03121cf/mexico-vs-germany.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: FBL-WC-2018-MATCH11-GER-MEX og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: People Think This Grandma Made Mexico's World Cup Win Happen twitter:description: World Cup 2018 is already full of surprises twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0b1859e273ff818d/6989333f4ee26252e03121cf/mexico-vs-germany.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # People Are Convinced This Grandma Is Responsible for Mexico's Stunning World Cup Win Over Germany  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jun 18, 2018 5:50 PM CUT  Mexico's Hirving Lozano celebrates after scoring a goal during the Russia 2018 World Cup Group F football match between Germany and Mexico at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow on June 17, 2018. Mexico's Hirving Lozano celebrates after scoring a goal during the Russia 2018 World Cup Group F football match between Germany and Mexico at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow on June 17, 2018.YURI CORTEZ/AFP/Getty Images  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jun 18, 2018 5:50 PM CUT [World Cup 2018](http://time.com/5314646/fifa-world-cup-2018-russia-shocks-surprises/ "undefined") is officially underway and [Mexico](http://time.com/5314526/mexico-city-world-cup-earthquake/ "undefined") has already pulled off the tournament’s first major upset. Thanks to a [first-half goal](http://time.com/5314756/mexico-goal-world-cup-2018/ "undefined") from forward Hirving Lozano and some incredible defense, Mexico secured a 1-0 win over defending world champion Germany on Sunday. But it seems the team may have also had some help from an outside source. In a video shared by Twitter user paola, a grandma can be seen standing in front of her TV to bless each player in Mexico’s lineup as the Mexican National Anthem played before the game. “I’m 100% convinced my grandma was the reason Mexico won,” paola captioned the clip, which has been watched nearly 10 million times as of Monday afternoon. And judging by the tweet’s 725,000 likes and 263,000 retweets, the rest of Twitter seems pretty convinced as well. > [](https://twitter.com/paolaa%5Fjanet/status/1008468354938605574) > [](https://twitter.com/exavierpope/status/1008698774162681859) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5314919/world-cup-2018-grandma-blesses-mexico/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5314919/world-cup-2018-grandma-blesses-mexico/"},"headline":"People Are Convinced This Grandma Is Responsible for Mexico's Stunning World Cup Win Over Germany","datePublished":"2018-06-18T17:50:00.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:53:27.250Z","description":"World Cup 2018 is already full of surprises","url":"https://time.com/5314919/world-cup-2018-grandma-blesses-mexico/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral","World Cup 2018"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0b1859e273ff818d/6989333f4ee26252e03121cf/mexico-vs-germany.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0b1859e273ff818d/6989333f4ee26252e03121cf/mexico-vs-germany.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"FBL-WC-2018-MATCH11-GER-MEX","caption":"FBL-WC-2018-MATCH11-GER-MEX","creditText":"YURI CORTEZ/AFP/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5314919/world-cup-2018-grandma-blesses-mexico/","name":"People Are Convinced This Grandma Is Responsible for Mexico's Stunning World Cup Win Over Germany"}}]}] ```