It was not sarcastic.

I don't mind the football be a bit physic, but the wrestling games that happen with every corner kick are a bridge too far for me. Don't you think?

And you're from England, where they're quite used to heavy kick-and-rush physic football.

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See, we can act as smart as we want, but at the end of the day, we still follow a guy who fucks himself with kebab skewers.