In case you were wondering, it was Spain that finally won the Euro 2008.

But it was Germany’s Lehmann who decided to point the finger one last time at – the ref. Of course that is always the easiest option.

Lehmann said: “What was disappointing in my opinion was the performance of the referee, who didn’t really fancy us Germans.
This is the third time I was unlucky with referees in European cup finals… He was very arrogant and in my opinion he was biased… He clearly saw a headbutt from a Spanish player towards Lukas Podolski but he didn’t book him or give him a red card.”

Now I can understand he is a bit bitter, but to say the ref did not fancy Germans. Honestly. For all of the American readers it means “to find attractive”.

That is a bit of an unfortunate choice of phrase. He should get over himself already.