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Mesut Özil is ruining the German bad-guy image

German midfielder Tweets out conciliatory message ... or did he?

Jamie McDonald

They just don’t make German bad guys like they use to. For a generation raised on the likes of Hans Gruber, Col. Hans Landa and the guy from “Raiders of the Lost Ark” whose face melted off, Mesut Ozil’s conciliatory Tweet is just a bit too nice:

Or maybe we have it all wrong. Maybe this is Ozil slyly trolling the people of Brazil. Maybe if he gazes upon the World Cup trophy we'll get our real answer...

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