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This is a 2-panel edited meme using a popular relationship meme template, referencing 2024 international men's football match results. In the first panel, the figure of a woman walking past is overlaid with the Curacao national flag, with a score of 7:1 next to the German national flag overlaid on her male partner, referencing Germany's 7-1 friendly match win over Curacao. A man with the Spanish national flag over his face looks at the Curacao representative and says "Let me try", implying Spain intends to achieve a similarly lopsided win against Curacao. In the second panel, the male partner is replaced by a figure overlaid with the Cape Verde national flag, labeled "Goalkeeper", who stops the Spain representative from advancing, referencing Cape Verde's very strong defensive performance in their friendly match against Spain that prevented Spain from securing an easy win.
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Overview

This is a 2-panel edited meme using a popular relationship meme template, referencing 2024 international men's football match results. In the first panel, the figure of a woman walking past is overlaid with the Curacao national flag, with a score of 7:1 next to the German national flag overlaid on her male partner, referencing Germany's 7-1 friendly match win over Curacao. A man with the Spanish national flag over his face looks at the Curacao representative and says "Let me try", implying Spain intends to achieve a similarly lopsided win against Curacao. In the second panel, the male partner is replaced by a figure overlaid with the Cape Verde national flag, labeled "Goalkeeper", who stops the Spain representative from advancing, referencing Cape Verde's very strong defensive performance in their friendly match against Spain that prevented Spain from securing an easy win.

Origin notes

This meme is sourced from the Reddit r/Meme subreddit via RSS, and is an edited remix of a popular existing viral meme template. It was made to joke about the outcomes of two 2024 pre-European Championship international friendly matches between Germany and Curacao, and Spain and Cape Verde respectively.

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