ALAN SHEARER made no effort to hide his delight after Germany were dumped out of the World Cup in the group stage again.
The ex-England ace posted a hilarious tweet following the results in Group E, which saw Japan’s 2-1 controversial win over Spain seal Germany’s fate and confirm back-to-back World Cup group stage eliminations.
The tweet, captioned: “Germany are out of the #FIFAWorldCup in the group stage!!”, sees Shearer laughing like a maniac and falling off his chair alongside Match of the Day pals Gary Lineker and Micah Richards.
The clip came from when Lineker attempted to address praise Brazil legend Carlos Alberto had given Richards when he was just 22.
Lineker started off by saying: “Carlos Alberto, if you’re watching, can I just say,” before a producer behind the camera interrupted and said: “He’s dead.”
The gaffe from the ex-Barcelona ace left the three in hysterics, with the clip Shearer posted showing off their laughter.
Germany’s evit came after Japan beat Spain thanks to a goal which many felt should have been disallowed for the ball goingout of play.
But Shearer’s joyous post echoed the sentiment of many fans who remembered Germany benefitting from a controversial goalline decision against England in 2010.
Frank Lampard’s infamous “ghost goal” saw a shot crash in under the crossbar but spin back out of the net, unfairly denying the Three Lions an equaliser before they lost 4-1.
And many England fans took to Twitter to draw comparisons and declare justice had finally been served.
One user said: “Justice for Lampard. He got 0 World Cup goals cause of that.”
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A second fan said: “Lampard’s ghost goal avenged.”
Another shared an image of the Lampard goal alongside the ball right before Ao Tanaka’s Japan winner against Spain and said: “What goes around comes around…”
Some fans poked fun at VAR, saying: “Clearly Frank Lampard is in the VAR control room, taking his revenge on Germany for the 2010 ‘not goal’.”
Another said: “Superb job from Frank Lampard in the VAR room 🤣.”
Many others simply stated: “Auf Wiedersehen.”
