Germans react with glee to England’s Iceland humiliation
Still upset by their British brothers voting for Brexit, Germans expressed an overwhelming sense of Schadenfreude at England's Euro 2016 exit.
God really does have a dark sense of humour.
Just days after the UK decided it would be stronger outside the European Union, the English national team was kicked out of Euro 2016 by Iceland. A country of 53 million was defeated by the 300,000 inhabitants of a freezing volcanic rock.
The irony was of course not lost on the people of Germany.
With their seemingly invincible national team already comfortably through to the quarterfinals of the tournament, people just couldn’t resist a little dig at the English.
Berlin Brit Ben Trott could hear the outpouring of vindictive joy from the bars of the capital through his flat window.
From my flat in Berlin, all I can hear is people cheering while watching #ENGICE. This is the sound of Schadenfreude.
— Ben Trott (@bentrott) June 27, 2016
Berlin politician Christopher Lauer kicked things off by having a dig at Brexit leader Boris Johnson’s insistence that voting to leave the EU doesn’t mean that Britain has to leave any time soon.
Tomorrow @BorisJohnson will explain the english public, that there is no hurry for the english team to leave the tournament. #ENGICE #ENGISL
— Christopher Lauer (@Schmidtlepp) June 27, 2016
But Lauer wasn’t done there. His next quip took aim at Brits north of Hadrian's Wall, who are desperately trying to prevent Brexit from applying to them.
If England loses, Scotland can annul the result. #ENGICE #ENGISL #ENGXIT
— Christopher Lauer (@Schmidtlepp) June 27, 2016
Tanit Koch, the editor in chief of tabloid Bild, thought she’d get in on the act, making fun of the belief of many Brits that a referendum doesn’t have to be binding if you don’t like the result.
New petition: Rematch #ENGICE. Former match not binding. #Eng camp surprised by result. No plan... #brexit https://t.co/nf1MKpm6Nh
— Tanit Koch (@tanit) June 27, 2016
Another wit followed on a similar theme, asking at the end of the first half, when England were already 2-1 down, “are the English already collecting signatures so that the first half can be repeated?”
Und? Sammeln die Engländer schon Unterschriften, um die erste Halbzeit wiederholen zu lassen? #ENGICE
— Müller (@gemuellert) June 27, 2016
Left-wing columnist Sebastien Puschner, meanwhile, had a dig at England goalkeeper Joe Hart, who let a seemingly savable shot pass under his hands for the second Icelandic goal.
“Joe Hart, the David Cameron of goalkeepers,” he commented.
Joe Hart, der David Cameron unter den Torhütern. #ENGICE
— Sebastian Puschner (@SPuschner) June 27, 2016
After a while, the avalanche of jokes was becoming too much for some to take.
“A suggestion for the common good,” wrote Sven Flohr. “You guys give me a euro for every Brexit joke and I’ll buy us Iceland with it.”
Vorschlag zur Güte: Ihr gebt mir für jeden Brexit-Gag einen Euro, und ich kaufe uns Island davon. #ENGICE
— Sven Flohr (@Sven_Flohr) June 28, 2016
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God really does have a dark sense of humour.
Just days after the UK decided it would be stronger outside the European Union, the English national team was kicked out of Euro 2016 by Iceland. A country of 53 million was defeated by the 300,000 inhabitants of a freezing volcanic rock.
The irony was of course not lost on the people of Germany.
With their seemingly invincible national team already comfortably through to the quarterfinals of the tournament, people just couldn’t resist a little dig at the English.
Berlin Brit Ben Trott could hear the outpouring of vindictive joy from the bars of the capital through his flat window.
From my flat in Berlin, all I can hear is people cheering while watching #ENGICE. This is the sound of Schadenfreude.
— Ben Trott (@bentrott) June 27, 2016
Berlin politician Christopher Lauer kicked things off by having a dig at Brexit leader Boris Johnson’s insistence that voting to leave the EU doesn’t mean that Britain has to leave any time soon.
Tomorrow @BorisJohnson will explain the english public, that there is no hurry for the english team to leave the tournament. #ENGICE #ENGISL
— Christopher Lauer (@Schmidtlepp) June 27, 2016
But Lauer wasn’t done there. His next quip took aim at Brits north of Hadrian's Wall, who are desperately trying to prevent Brexit from applying to them.
If England loses, Scotland can annul the result. #ENGICE #ENGISL #ENGXIT
— Christopher Lauer (@Schmidtlepp) June 27, 2016
Tanit Koch, the editor in chief of tabloid Bild, thought she’d get in on the act, making fun of the belief of many Brits that a referendum doesn’t have to be binding if you don’t like the result.
New petition: Rematch #ENGICE. Former match not binding. #Eng camp surprised by result. No plan... #brexit https://t.co/nf1MKpm6Nh
— Tanit Koch (@tanit) June 27, 2016
Another wit followed on a similar theme, asking at the end of the first half, when England were already 2-1 down, “are the English already collecting signatures so that the first half can be repeated?”
Und? Sammeln die Engländer schon Unterschriften, um die erste Halbzeit wiederholen zu lassen? #ENGICE
— Müller (@gemuellert) June 27, 2016
Left-wing columnist Sebastien Puschner, meanwhile, had a dig at England goalkeeper Joe Hart, who let a seemingly savable shot pass under his hands for the second Icelandic goal.
“Joe Hart, the David Cameron of goalkeepers,” he commented.
Joe Hart, der David Cameron unter den Torhütern. #ENGICE
— Sebastian Puschner (@SPuschner) June 27, 2016
After a while, the avalanche of jokes was becoming too much for some to take.
“A suggestion for the common good,” wrote Sven Flohr. “You guys give me a euro for every Brexit joke and I’ll buy us Iceland with it.”
Vorschlag zur Güte: Ihr gebt mir für jeden Brexit-Gag einen Euro, und ich kaufe uns Island davon. #ENGICE
— Sven Flohr (@Sven_Flohr) June 28, 2016
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