Maybe those booing fans were booing out of envy of a team that has the amazing international record that Germany does, envy of a country that, unlike the U.K., has learned the lessons of its history to build itself anew, overcoming a shameful past...
... or envy of a country that, unlike England, actually has a national anthem of its own, envy of a country that, unlike England, actually *is* a country and not merely some region of a cobbled-together conglomerate known as the YooKay.
...or envy of a country where most people can understand what you say while because of your low level of education you don’t know what the fuck they are on about.
Or envy of a country that plays a leading role in the European Union & has not shot itself in the foot, wrecking its economy & international standing, by ignorantly handing over its governance to a bunch of liars and charlatans who fooled them with a pile of nationalist bullshit.
...or just because they don’t know better. 🤦‍♀️
But wait, I can hear Keir Starmer singing Eng-er-land.

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At the point where the England fans started booing the German national anthem, the authorities should have stopped the game and given a win to Germany.
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