I have actual tears in my eyes while I'm going through this thread!
Looking at the reactions of players, fans, ex-players, pundits and even compliments from rival fans.
To put it into perspective I'd forgotten we even had a player called Martial until I saw his celebration video
Like many on here I got a bollocking when I
finally crawled drunkenly into bed for the racket I made when I turned the still German night air blue with my screaming celebrations as Marcus buried that penalty. The volume apparently ramped up while the ref allowed play to go on into the 100th minute as I was sure the dream would be cruelly taken away by FIFA bowing to oil money once again! My decision to drink a few more beers and start going through reactions was, on reflection, probably ill-advised! As was trying to explain the significance of what had just happened to my GF when I finally hit the sack at around 1:30am.
Being immediately evicted to the couch backfired on her though because it's far too near the fridge where all the cold beer was!