12 years ago today, Arsenal defender Per Mertesacker gave this iconic interview, defending his team after Germany beat Algeria 2-1 in the 2014 World Cup.
Germany had a slow start to the tournament having scraped past Algeria thanks to a 119th minute goal from Mesut Özil.
Germany went on to win the World Cup & many believe this interview was the turning point in their campaign.
Arsenal scored 19 goals from corners last season and finished 1st. Spurs scored 18 goals from corners and finished 17th. Assuming Arsenal won the league from corners, how come Spurs are not 2nd at least?
I thought once you are good at corners, you will do very well? 💀💀
Any relevance of PL officiated matches to the World Cup? - No
Did Arsenal score even 60% of their set pieces (let alone 60% of their goals) that way? - No
Did Klopp win multiple PL titles? - No
Should he cry more? - Yes
Rudi Völler:
„Mit unserer WM-Mannschaft von 1990 hätten wir Paraguay 1:0 geschlagen!“
Reporter:
„Nur 1:0“ ?
Rudi Völler:
„Naja, die meisten von uns sind ja schon über 60!“
#WMAus
🚨 𝗝𝗨𝗦𝗧 𝗜𝗡: Rafael van der Vaart reacts to the likely possibility of Netherlands facing Morocco in the World Cup Round of 32.
🗣️ Van der Vaart: "Not to be rude, but every Moroccan that's not good enough to play for The Netherlands is now playing for Morocco while we have players from Liverpool, Barcelona, etc.
So let's not worry about Morocco, really."