Germany have been eliminated early from a World Cup for the third time in a row. I need time to recover from this. The key word that needs to be discussed is continuity – something the national team have lacked for a decade.

During stoppage time, Piero Hincapie got chippy with Santiago Gimenez and decided to say something to him with his palm covering his mouth. Gimenez, who wasn't even looking back at Hincapie, immediately reacted to Hincapie's comment and asked the referee to take a look on the VAR monitor.