"Football is a simple game. 22 men chase a ball for ninety minutes and at the end, the Germans win."
— Germany

January 1, 1970

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Gary Lineker, after losing the 1990 FIFA World Cup semifinal to Germany by penalty shootout, as quoted in Laurent DuBois, Soccer Empire: The World Cup and the Future of France (2010) p. 79