INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
For Germany, it was the earliest exit from the World Cup in 80 years.Moscow: The internet turned cruel for Germany fans on Thursday as
online mockery swept the globe following the defending champions' 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 their earliest exit in 80 years."Don't mention the VAR," was a
common refrain, while Brazilian media gleefully took their revenge for Brazil's 7-1 humiliation by Germany at the last World Cup in
2014."AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA" read a tweet from Fox Sports Brasil that ran to 272 characters.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 one 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 allowed them to qualify for the
last 16 behind Group F winners Sweden -- while Germany finished rock bottom.Aeromexico offered a 20 percent discount on flights to South
Korea, tweeting an image of a plane with doctored "AeroCorea" livery and the slogan, "We love you Korea!"Ryanair tweeted a picture of an
unhappy Germany fan, offering "Loew fares" -- a reference to German coach Joachim Loew.One joke in German showed a supermarket check-out
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.""Football is a simple game," Lineker tweeted."Twenty-two
men chase a ball for 90 minutes and at the end, the Germans no longer always win
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