“Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair.”

This quote is most commonly associated with Percy Bysshe Shelley, but it just as easily could have been attributed to the likes of Franz Beckenbauer, Gerd Müller, Torsten Frings, and their ilk. Like Ozymandias of old, the formidable German footballing machine stands trunkless, staring out at the empty desert of Foxboro, Massachusetts, wondering how it all went so wrong. At least Ozymandias did not have to deal with the vagaries of VAR.

The Zionist’s Guide to the World Cup (ZGWC) has tried its level best to be sympathetic to the Germans in recognition of their........

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