Curse of Mick Jagger strikes again after Croatia beat England in extra time
The Rolling Stones frontman has been labelled a jinx following his association with other sporting failures
THE curse of Mick Jagger has struck again after England suffered a heartbreaking defeat to Croatia in extra time.
The Rolling Stones legend has been labelled a jinx following his association with other sporting failures.
And Mick, 74 - an Arsenal fan - struck again after going to watch the game in Moscow tonight.
The Rolling Stones legend is known to have a curse on any national side he tunes in to watch.
He was reportedly in the stands for England’s defeat by Argentina in France 1998.
And he is said to have backed the losing team three times at the 2010 World Cup.
The rocker first saw the USA lose to Ghana.
He then turned up to see England lose 4-1 to Germany.
He finally supported Brazil in the quarter finals who lost to the Netherlands.
Jagger had also tweeted support for England before their defeats to Italy and Uruguay in 2014.
He did the same this evening, writing: "C'mon England."
And he was in the stands four years ago with his Brazilian 19-year-old son when they were humiliated 7-1 by Germany.
Jagger was even forced to defend himself following that defeat.
Mick said: "I can take responsibility for the first German goal but not the other six."
The rock legend has even been nicknamed "pe frio" which means “cold foot” in Portuguese - a term of bad luck.
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He also told Portugal and Italy fans at his concerts that their teams would go through to the knockout stages at the last World Cup - but both teams failed to progress.
Mick is reported to have made sure that none of the Rolling Stones’ tour dates fell on the same night as games.
Gareth Southgate’s England side failed to reach Sunday’s final - which would have been their first since 1966 - after defeat to Croatia.