As always, the replies are absolutely incredible
David Marshall is a hero. Without his penalty save in Belgrade, Scotland wouldn't have secured their place at Euro 2020 - ending their 23-year wait for a major tournament appearance in the process.
Cruelly, the sight of Marshall scrambling backwards in an unsuccessful attempt to stop
Patrik Schick's Goal of the Tournament contender, turned out to be one of the defining images of a frustrating tournament opener for Scotland on Monday.
The goal - Schick's second of the afternoon - ended the scoring in the Czechs' 2-0 win at Hampden Park. Was it Marshall's fault? Should he have been closer to his goal? Was he just the victim of an outrageous piece of ingenuity? Whichever way you slice it, the pictures of his desperate attempts to stop the goal quickly became meme-material, right up there with the Pique-Mbappe shirt tug.
First came this, which is unfettered genius:
https://twitter.com/IamHappyToast/status/1404445348333076485
Then, with a little prompting from ourselves, came plenty more...
https://twitter.com/Yayymes/status/1404468459937931269
As always with this sort of thing, we were amazed at the creativity and variety in the responses.
Be it much-loved films by Steven Spielberg...
https://twitter.com/danieljrajaiah/status/1404472604958740481
... or Disney
https://twitter.com/warrenjonhughes/status/1404470250746306561
https://twitter.com/Winklebert/status/1404476430877138946
He'd have gotten away with it if it only for that pesky Schick
https://twitter.com/alexmolloy/status/1404475370464763908
Others imagined Marshall in other sporting events
https://twitter.com/ajay_chambers/status/1404519187314249728
https://twitter.com/scottberwick/status/1404465826518888453
https://twitter.com/CrockerNiall/status/1404465040292552705
https://twitter.com/RyanHulls/status/1404463686295736324
Or even iconic moments from his own sport
https://twitter.com/benjenkers/status/1404464762407247873
https://twitter.com/B4TTL3S/status/1404545694938144770
https://twitter.com/AntonyShaw99/status/1404464589069225990
There were lots of Mario references
https://twitter.com/alialmudaifa/status/1404464071517237249
Others drew inspiration from other well-known memes
https://twitter.com/BarneyLUFC21/status/1404466971169669127
There were also plenty more, too
https://twitter.com/bobstar_m/status/1404471235308789760
https://twitter.com/Cheeses0fNaz/status/1404464263574573059
https://twitter.com/Cheeses0fNaz/status/1404465996744777731
https://twitter.com/loudmouthmelvin/status/1404464952824504322
https://twitter.com/danny__king/status/1404478960122073089
https://twitter.com/CamDouglas2/status/1404506589378363397
You get the idea.
Fantastically childish stuff, but hopefully it helps lift the mood a little on an otherwise miserable afternoon for Scotland, who will now turn their attentions to Friday night's game with England at Wembley.
