BRITISH MEDIA REJOICE IN GERMAN CUP DESPAIR
London, June 28: British newspapers revelled in Germany’s World Cup despair on Thursday as Italy’s Corriere della Sera commiserated with their plight — mindful of the fact the Italians did not even make it to Russia.
Germany, four- time world champions, are England’s historic nemesis after inflicting some painful defeats over the course of more than half a century.
And the press made the most of the demise of Joachim Loew’s side, eliminated from the World Cup at the firstround stage for the first time since 1938.
“Schadenfreude, noun ( from the German): Pleasure derived from another person’s misfortune,” said the Sun’s front page.
The paper — slow to put on a never brash show of jingoism — printed a cut- out- andkeep table showing Germany rooted to the bottom, also listing several English footballing names who suffered at the hands of the Germans. “Sir Bobby ( Robson), Psycho ( Stuart Pearce), Chrissy Waddle, El Tel ( Venables), Gareth ( Southgate), Lamps ( Frank Lampard) and every England fan... This is for you.”
used to have in the previous editions.
Germany will not cry. They will come back. Trust them. The team that won the 2014 World Cup was the result of a process that was initiated as a response to the disastrous 2000 Euro campaign. The corrective measures following the 2018 set- back must already have started in Germany.