What's Mick Jagger Got To Do With Brazil's Defeat, You Ask? Coincidentally, EVERYTHING!
On our Random Wednesday column this week, we introduce you to Mick Jagger, the "World Cup Angel of Doom". Anyone he supports, loses. Period. Today's was the first match Jagger attended during this World Cup, and we all know how that turned out for Brazil, the team he was rooting for.
By Sadho Ram — 09 Jul 2014, 01:28 PM — Updated over 10 years ago
Brazilian fans wanted to jinx the German team. So they used a cardboard cutout of Mick Jagger wearing a Germany jersey in hopes of jinxing the squad.
But Jagger himself showed up to watch today's match, that too in support of Brazil, and with his son wearing a Brazilian jersey. Now, surely there's nothing criminal about that?
You see, Jagger has had a run of unwitting World Cup predictions as good as any octopus, only his endorsements are to be avoided at all costs. Anyone he supports, loses. Period.
The Rolling Stones frontman has developed a reputation for jinxing teams he has supported – either by rooting in person or with his general endorsement - dating back to the 2010 tournament in South Africa, where Jagger's performance was legendary. He sat in a box with Bill Clinton for USA-Ghana, only to see the U.S. lose 2-1.
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The next day he attended England-Germany, wearing an England scarf; England lost.
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He capped it off by watching Brazil-Netherland in the quarterfinal, alongside his son clad in a Brazil shirt. The Dutch won. He picked Argentina to win it all days before they were knocked out by Germany 4-0.
yahoo.comSo far this year, Jagger could not attend the early rounds of this World Cup, but his tainted influence has been felt from afar. Sigh!
At a concert in Rome, he predicted Italy would beat Uruguay to reach the knockout stage. Italy lost 1-0 and were eliminated. At a show in Lisbon, he predicted Portugal would win the tournament. Portugal also went out in the group stage.
nydailynews.comAnd when England played Uruguay, he tweeted "Let's go England! This is the one we win!!!" England lost and, like the others, failed to reach the knockout stage.
yahoo.comSo it's no surprise that Brazilians had begged Jagger to not attend their team's matches and had taken to calling him "pe frio" - a term describing that translates literally as "cold foot"
Fans used the same cardboard cut-out trick before Brazil's quarter-final clash against Colombia
Image via dailymail.co.ukThey tried to harness his powers of destruction and use them against their rivals along the way to reaching the semifinals by bringing cardboard cutouts of him wearing the opposing team's shirt and offering a message of support in word bubbles. They even brought one to the semifinal against Germany.
nydailynews.comBut the cardboard cutouts proved to be no match for the real thing. Wearing an England hat to try and divert his curse to a team he's already doomed, Jagger attended the Brazil-Germany match with his son, who wore a Brazil shirt, and a group of other local supporters.
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World Cup Angel of Doom Mick Jagger attends Brazil-Germany match, Brazil lose 7-1
Image via yimg.comAnd the result was emphatic enough to make a believer in occult out of anyone. Brazil lost 7-1, with five goals coming in the first 30 minutes of play — a new World Cup record. It was Brazil's widest margin of defeat ever. Not just in the World Cup. Ever.
This was the first match Jagger attended during this World Cup and it just so happened to be one of the worst losses in the history of the sport. Clearly, Jagger is BIGGER than the game.
You can blame the absence of Neymar and Thiago Silva, you can blame Luiz Felipe Scolari's tactics, you can even blame Germany for being unrelenting, but this result was obviously all down to Mick Jagger, World Cup Angel of Doom. Mick Jagger, ladies and gentlemen, is MUCH bigger than the game!
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