I SEE YOU, HATER: THOMAS MULLER GETS SOME SWEET AND TASTY REVENGE

[...And then he has the nerve to get all annoyed when people disrespect his players.]

It wasn't so long ago that German midfielder Thomas Muller was being publicly dissed to his face by Argentinian cokehead/world famous cheat/coach Diego Maradona. And I bet being sarcastically called a 'ballboy' before Maradona stormed out of a presser they were both billed to be at had to sting a little bit. Fitting then that Muller should score the first goal -- one of the earliest goals ever scored at a world cup! get it, girl! -- in Germany's full-on thrashing of the Argentines. And once Maradona has stopped crying into his box of cigars, he'll probably feel pretty stupid for this.

via Off the Post

GERMANS ARE HILARIOUS: MESUT OZIL, RAP SUPERSTAR

[the fun starts around 2:30.]

I just felt a tidal wave of second hand embarrassment come over me. When it comes to annoying World Cup promotional tools, England keep it simple with lousy world cup anthems while Germany diversify with rapping, painting themselves to look like weird animals, and just generally being bizarre. It's like a grab bag of cringe-worthy delight! And, worst/best of all, it's all done so incredibly earnestly: 'Let's paint Mesut up like a cheetah, it'll be really, really inspiring!' How are we ever meant to take them seriously?

via Werder Bremen - Offside

GERMANS ARE HILARIOUS: ANGRY KEEPER EDITION

[Oh Jens, you gorgeous man, how we've missed your insanity.]

TIET mainstay and the initial reason for the birth of the great angry keeper thread, ex-Germany number 1, Jens Lehmann, is over in South Africa doing commentating work for German television. And so is his arch-nemesis Oliver Kahn. I don't speak German but this whole video looks like a trifecta of awkward: Lehmann and his ex-manager, Oliver having to talk about Jens without swearing, Oliver just in general. Love it.

GERMANS ARE HILARIOUS: A CATS TRIBUTE

[Ozil pictured here prior to belting out a rousing rendition of 'Memory'.]

So, this was a stupid idea. Is this some kind of Cats tribute gone wrong or something? Because if this is in fact what it appears to be -- some kind of tribute to Africa or Africans -- and they thought painting themselves in body paint to look like wild exotic animals was the best way forward, someone in the German NT PR camp is in desperate need of a political correctness consultant. More photos at the source.

source: Bild via ONTD Football