‘Drake’s curse’ is why Canada lost to Belgium in the World Cup

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Team Canada may consider changing strike song from Drake’s sound started from the bottom As he takes to the pitch to face Croatia in Group F action at the World Cup on Sunday.

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After losing 1-0 to Belgium in the club’s first World Cup match since 1986, football fans quickly blamed the team’s defeat on social media for the ‘Drake Curse’.

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“we all know why,” he wrote, along with a series of laughing and crying emojis and a picture of the Grammy winner posing with left-back Alphonso Davies.

Twitter was flooded with more photos featuring hotline bling The hitmaker smiled with various other Team Canada players as evidence that the “Curse of Drake” was the cause of the loss.

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ESPN said Canada were the first World Cup team since 1978 to attempt at least 20 shots and penalty kicks but not score a goal.

Bayern Munich star Davies had a chance to score his country’s first goal with a penalty kick in the 10th minute, but Belgium’s goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois prevented it.

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Canada beat Belgium 21-9, but their players managed to make just three shots.

“Alphonso Davis didn’t listen to the gods,” One fan tweeted after the game“The Drake curse is real.”

“Nobody can convince me that the Drake curse isn’t real. It was over before it began.” seconds added.

For those who don’t know, the “Drake’s Curse” is based on non-scientific research. god’s pot Star wears the jersey of the team he supports and tends to lose.

Fans pleaded with the hip-hop star to keep his distance after Drake met with the men’s varsity team after their 4-1 victory over Panama in October 2021.

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One critic commented on Twitter, “We have a chance,” while another asked, “Didn’t he decide he needed to stay away for the Canadian team to win?”

“It’s not that I hate Drake, but please… stay away from the Canadian football team for a bit… you don’t need the Drake curse… stay with the Raptors and the Maple Leafs. It’s just that. OK!! Thank you so much cried the third party.

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Stories of the curse have bubbled up for years, but they got a foothold in 2019 when Drake showed up in Game 4 of the NHL playoffs between Toronto and the Boston Bruins in Maple Leafs gear. The Leafs he lost 6-4.

The Leafs’ coach at the time, Mike Babcock, was complicit in the story of the curse after the game. was asked what he thought of the curse. “The game is played by us on ice. There are no curses.”

That same year, Drake was blamed for the football club’s 5–1 loss to Lille after Drake posed for a photo with Paris Saint-Germain’s Rayvan Kurzawa. Prohibited players from taking selfies with Juno winners until the end of the event.

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In the 2019 NCAA Football Playoffs, Drake publicly endorsed the University of Alabama, which was defeated 44-16 by the Clemson Tigers.

Prior to that, she was in the stands cheering Serena Williams when she lost to an unranked player at the 2015 US Open. And when he blew Conor McGregor, the MMA fighter was defeated by Khabib Nurmagomedov at his UFC 236.

Most recently, Drake bet that fellow Kevin Durant’s Brooklyn Nets would beat the Boston Celtics (they were wiped out after losing 116-112 in Game 4). Last weekend, he pitched $427,000 to MMA fighter Justin “The Highlight” Gaethje at his UFC 274 where he defeated Charles Oliveira (Gaethje lost).

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But this spring, Drake won $800,000 after the Tampa Bay Lightning defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs to force Game 7 in the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs.

The Toronto native revealed on his Instagram Story that he’s plummeting $400,000 in what he believes will be a seven-game first round NHL playoff series. Drake took his $1.2 million after Toronto lost 4-3 in overtime.

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Drake himself recognizes the chatter that his support brings bad luck. ?” he said sarcastically.

After Canada lost the World Cup, manager John Hardman said he was “proud” of the team.

“I told them that at the 2012 London Olympics, we lost our first match (as manager of the Canadian women’s team) and won our first medal in 86 years. there is,” said Hardman sports illustrated.

‘I told (the players) they were here,’ said Hardman. continuation, “And then go to ‘F’ Croatia. It’s as easy as it gets. ”

mdaniell@postmedia.com