Gary Lineker made a joke congratulating the Lionesses and so many people didn’t get it, our head hurt
Gary Lineker shared a familiar looking quote in the wake of the Lionesses’ historic 2-1 win over Germany in the finals of the European Championships.
Familiar, but different in one very important regard.
Football is a simple game. 22 women chase a ball for 90 minutes and, at the end, England actually win. Congratulations @lionesses. Fabulous.
— Gary Lineker 💙💛 (@GaryLineker) July 31, 2022
It was a reference to what Lineker said after the England men’s team were knocked out of Italia ’90 in the semi-finals by Germany (and England’s habit of always being beaten by the Germans).
“Football is a simple game. Twenty-two men chase a ball for 90 minutes and at the end, the Germans always win.”
Not this time though. Although it’s fair to say not everyone got the joke …
1.
What kind of backhanded congrat is this. Never heard it be called simple on MoTD. But 22 women playing a simple@game@of course they’d win. Simples. Side eye for real 😳
— Jessiica (@Jessiiberrii) July 31, 2022
2.
wasnt it 120 minutes?
— Joe (@LFC_PhD) July 31, 2022
3.
Could you have done a more patronising tweet? They have done something you never could
— Ian W (@ijw335) July 31, 2022
4.
It went to extra time and they weren’t simple they were fanbloodytastic role models for football.
— Lisa (@lisareality1) July 31, 2022
5.
Have a day off Gary
— Ross Davies (@rossdavies87) July 31, 2022
6.
Come on, they are amazing, you wouldn’t be saying it was a simple game if it was the men that had actually won 🙄
— anita (@a_wilson73) July 31, 2022
7.
They played for 120 minutes Gary
— Andrew Webber (@AWebber1991) July 31, 2022
8.
If it’s that simple @GaryLineker ..maybe your analysis on MOTD could be a lot shorter!!??😂
— Alex Crawford (@AlexCra65537622) July 31, 2022
9.
Come on, Mr Lineker, could you been just a little more encouraging! THEzy WERE GREAT
— April Keech (@aprilkeech) July 31, 2022
10.
What’s with the sarcasm England played brilliantly, you seem pretty shocked? It’s only taken 56 years.
— Daniel James Official (@DanielJames1066) July 31, 2022
Just in case anyone still wasn’t getting it …
The post Italia ‘90 quote for Context. You’re welcome. 🤣 https://t.co/jH8oRXBukk pic.twitter.com/tbPhjPYEhY
— Gary Lineker 💙💛 (@GaryLineker) August 1, 2022
Last word to @ArvindHickman.
Wow, the amount of folks getting so triggered by this comment without a clue about its context. Hint: a certain England forward said it in 1990 after losing to the……..
Twitter at its finest. https://t.co/Oii4WXD5hJ
— Arvind Hickman (@ArvindHickman) August 1, 2022
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