Littler and Humphries ‘Like Gerrard and Lampard’ while they crash from the World Cup
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Luke Littler and Luke Humphries in England were stunned in the World Cup of Darts through Germany.
The two Lukes, barely 24 hours after being awarded with MBES by the king, were Surprisingly beaten with 8-4 to be poured out in their opening match in Frankfurt.
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It was the worst defeat in England since then Phil Taylor And Adrian Lewis were humiliated by Spain in 2010.
Grin Smaller And Humphries Had already confused the partisan German crowd to Cult England Football Song Vindaloo, which had brought a choir of angry.
The Golden Boys made a slow start and lost the first two legs before they recovering to 2-2.
But they have been broken down unmanageable FIVE darts To take a 3-2 lead when the German pair of Ricardo Pietreczko and Martin Schindler 286 got in six arrows to go in front.
And the couple of England, the NO1 and NO2 in the world, never seemed to recover from that setback.
The Germans were blamed by the home crowd and tore the three lion pair apart to hit five legs to open a 7-2 lead – and only one road of glory.
Humphries and Littler did not stop the fight and hit back-to-back legs to bring the score to 7-4.
But the Germans were not ready and had clearly rattled their rivals and soon wrapped it with 8-4.
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The bad displays of the two Lukes caused comparisons with Steven Gerrard And Frank Lampard – who had a trouble replicating their sparkling club form while playing together for the three lions.
Seeing how England’s nightmare unfolds, a fan joked on X: “Littler and Humphries is Gerrard and Lampard for a new generation.”
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While a second joke: “Littler and Humphries is the new Gerrard and Lampard.”
Another added: “Littler and Humphries is the arrow falent of Lampard and Gerrard. Absolute ballers. But can’t play together.”
Schindler said: “We believe in ourselves. I think we have done a solid performance. Of course, Ricardo’s double 16s just went in. We are just grateful to be through.”
Pietreczko added: “I think the high finishes were important moments in the game at the time. The score of Martin for my Doubles is incredible. You hear the crowd.”
During a night of shocks, Scotland was also destroyed by the Netherlands, with a whitewashing of 8-0.
Gary Anderson and Peter Wright, four times world champions, were humiliated by the Dutch pair of Danny Noppert and Gian van Veen, who is a stand-in for Michael van Gerwen.
Wales is now the favorites for the crown after comfortable by blowing to the quarterfinals after an 8-2 victory over the Philippines.
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