11 Most Ridiculous Excuses For Losing Football Matches

5. Being The World Champions

As Spain spectacularly proved this summer, being the best team in the world can occasionally mean you have to play like the worst one, but they can think themselves wrongfully accused of rubbishness - especially after the drubbing they received from ousted semi-finalists Holland - because of the infamous, and definitely not made up World Cup Winners Curse. The curse, which sees winning sides - but only those from Europe, obviously - offer a comically poor performance at the World Cup immediately following their victory, was the real reason behind Spain's inability to progress from their group, and not, as others might suggest, the baffling decision to play Fernando Torres or the diminishing skills of key players like Xavi. The same curse made sure France didn't score a single goal while crashing out in 2002 and why Italy went out in the first round in 2010 after winning in 2006.