Lionel Messi, Argentina and all their followers… look away now.
Canadian rapper Drake has backed Messi and Argentina to defeat France within the closing of the World Cup on Sunday however it won’t be the present of assist that the South Individuals need.
The ‘Drake curse’ is quick changing into a phenomenon in sport, with quite a few groups and athletes dropping an upcoming sporting occasion after coming into contact with Drake.
A notable World Cup instance was when the rapper posed with the star man of the Canada group, Alphonso Davies. Canada have been tipped to be a shock group in Qatar however misplaced all three video games and crashed out on the group stage.
Drake has backed Argentina and Lionel Messi to win the World Cup closing towards France
However Drake has dangerous luck at predicting sporting winners – which may very well be dangerous information for Messi
Now, footage has surfaced on social media of Drake, carrying the jersey of Italian group Napoli, discussing Sunday’s closing between Argentina and France.
‘I will take Argentina, he’ll take France. That will probably be a vibe,’ Drake says within the footage that seems to be filmed in a studio with a good friend.
The clip is simply three seconds lengthy however soccer followers have been fast to leap on what it might imply.
‘Drake is betting on Argentina to win the World Cup. Everybody put your cash on France,’ wrote one fan in response to the clip.
‘I swear to god if Argentina loses its Drake’s fault,’ stated one other.
Other than the Canada incident, Drake additionally misplaced over $2 million betting on former UFC champion Israel Adesanya to defend his title towards Alex Pereira.
The 35-year-old Messi will battle it out to win the one trophy to evade his glittering profession
Many consider victory will set up Messi as the most effective soccer participant to have ever performed
He additionally not too long ago positioned a dropping guess of $649,000 on an accumulator that includes Barcelona to win El Clasico towards Actual Madrid and Arsenal to beat Leeds.
France heads into Sunday’s closing as slender favourite and is the defending champion after successful the match in 2018 in Russia.
However all eyes will probably be on Lionel Messi who, at 35, has one closing probability to win the trophy that has evaded him all through his profession.
Many consider that if Argentina win, it’s going to set up Messi as the most effective to have ever performed the sport.
