The most common excuse I'm seeing now the whole "Probably some lass in loads of makeup in a dark club" thing has been blown out of the water is "Well it wouldn't even be illegal in France/Germany/Wherever, so how is it bad?" or "How come it's wrong when she's 15, but as soon as she's 16 it's fine" (ignoring the fact this wasn't like a week early, she'd only just turned 15).
It's true the age of consent is lower in countries like Germany, but the laws are geared at avoiding criminalising young couples, not allowing blokes twice their age to get sexual favours off them for football shirts. Most of these countries have provisions specifically targeting the exploitation of young kids who are just past the lower age of consent by older men. Germany for instance...