The internet turned cruel for Germany fans on Thursday as online mockery swept the globe following the defending champion's shock World Cup elimination.
A stream of memes and jokes flooded social media after a stunning 2-0 defeat to South Korea condemned Die Mannschaft to its earliest exit in 80 years.
“Don't mention the VAR,” was a common refrain, while Brazilian media gleefully took its revenge for Brazil's 7-1 humiliation by Germany at the last World Cup in 2014.
In dramatic scenes in Kazan, Kim Young-gwon's stoppage-time opener was ruled legitimate after intervention from the Video Assistant Referee, before Son Heung-min added the second goal minutes later.
“Germany's fastest exit from Russia since 1943,” posted a user, while another tweeted a picture of Germany towels reserving all the seats on an empty plane.
Mexico fans were particularly delighted after South Korea's last-gasp win, allowing them to qualify for the last 16, behind Group F winner Sweden — while Germany finished rock bottom.
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A joke in German showed a supermarket checkout assistant asking Loew, “Do you collect points?” with the coach answering, “No.”
Meanwhile, England striker-turned-TV-presenter Gary Lineker revised his famous maxim that “Football is a simple game. Twenty-two men chase a ball for 90 minutes and at the end, the Germans always win.”
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