On the face of it, Germany's 7-1 win against Curacao was the sort of result that those opposed to the expanded World Cup format have been warning us about.
With 48 teams comes an inevitable dilution of quality, the argument goes, and with that will come more uncompetitive games, more thrashings like this.
But if that is the price for moments like Curacao’s goal, it is one we should all live with.
It’s not that it doesn’t matter they then went on to lose heavily but it’s only half the point of the game. The rest is the joy.
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