FootballJOE Photoshop Challenge #1: David Marshall lobbed by Patrik Schick

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.