Schadenfreude is not Germany's new holding midfielder, but the concept of taking pleasure in other people's misfortune. And most of the footballing world is surely feeling that this morning, as mighty Germany find themselves preparing to come home from the World Cup - after messing up a penalty shootout??!! For decades, the Germans have been viewed as the masters of the shootout - invincible, almost flawless in them on so many occasions (well, particularly against England!). And now at last..... they've discovered human frailty and learned how to be really bad at them. Joy unconfined rings around the globe! [To be fair, though, it did look as if they were the victims of the first really dodgy piece of refereeing so far in this tournament: Substitute defender Waldemar Anton appeared to be blocking rather than pushing the big Paraguayan keeper, Orlando Gill, who fell over theatrically, but was perfectly able to stand up again to try to save Tah's header. Calling that decision 'very soft' - as most of the TV pundits ultimately seem to have gone with - was something of an understatement.]
But as my old college buddy always likes to say: "Cheer up, Fritz. For you, ze VAR is over!"
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