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This Article is From Jun 25, 2014

Why it Sucks to be Mick Jagger During the World Cup

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Updated : June 25, 2014 4:49 pm IST

The Rolling Stones' 2006 concert on Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro drew an estimated 1 million people. Image: AFP

Highlights

  • The Rolling Stones' Mick Jagger can't get no satisfaction from soccer fans in Brazil.
  • In what's becoming something of a World Cup tradition, Brazilians are closely following every team the 70-year-old rock star supports with an eye at mocking him for apparently casting bad spells on his picks.
  • Italy was the latest victim of what local media have taken to calling Mick's ‘pe frio’ — a term describing the bad luck that he brings teams that translates literally as ‘cold foot’.
  • At a concert in Rome on the night of June 21, Mick predicted to 70,000 fans that four-time World Cup champion Italy would pull off a clutch victory over Uruguay to advance to the knockout phase. The Italians lost 1-0 on June 24 and were headed home after the tournament's first round.
  • At a show in Lisbon in May, the singer predicted that Portugal, led by Cristiano Ronaldo, would win it all at the month-long tournament in Brazil. Portugal is on the brink of elimination after failing to win in its first two group matches.
  • Earlier in the World Cup, Mick suffered some good-hearted ridicule after taking to Twitter on June 19 to urge on his native England in a game, also with Uruguay. "Let's go England! This is the one to win!!," he wrote. England lost.
  • While Brazilians may laugh at Jagger, they love his music. The Rolling Stones' 2006 concert on Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro drew an estimated 1 million people, a lot more than the 20,000 or so that pack the beach now to watch World Cup games on a giant screen.
  • Mick also loves Brazilians, having fathered one 15 years ago with former Brazilian model Luciana Gimenez.
  • Brazilians' obsession with Mick's soccer insights, or lack thereof, began four years ago at the World Cup in South Africa. Searching for an explanation for their country's stunning quarterfinal loss to the Netherlands, Brazil's fans settled on Jagger, who showed up at the stadium accompanying his son dressed in a Brazilian jersey.
  • Earlier in that tournament, he had already earned a reputation for losing picks by showing up in the stands with Bill Clinton to cheer on the United States, which lost to Ghana in the second round, and then a day later watched as England was trounced by Germany 4-1.
  • Whether Jagger tempts fate and offers up another prediction this World Cup is anyone's guess.
  • But if he does, Brazilians are begging it's not for them. Within hours of Italy's defeat on June 24, social media was buzzing with pleas for the rocker to keep quiet, or better yet, lend his reverse rabbit's foot to the country's despised rival, Argentina.
Rio De Janeiro: The Rolling Stones' Mick Jagger can't get no satisfaction from soccer fans in Brazil.

In what's becoming something of a World Cup tradition, Brazilians are closely following every team the 70-year-old rock star supports with an eye at mocking him for apparently casting bad spells on his picks. (Also Read: Mick's dating again)

Italy was the latest victim of what local media have taken to calling Mick's 'pe frio' -- a term describing the bad luck that he brings teams that translates literally as 'cold foot'.

At a concert in Rome on the night of June 21, Mick predicted to 70,000 fans that four-time World Cup champion Italy would pull off a clutch victory over Uruguay to advance to the knockout phase. The Italians lost 1-0 on June 24 and were headed home after the tournament's first round.

At a show in Lisbon in May, the singer predicted that Portugal, led by Cristiano Ronaldo, would win it all at the month-long tournament in Brazil. Portugal is on the brink of elimination after failing to win in its first two group matches.

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Earlier in the World Cup, Mick suffered some good-hearted ridicule after taking to Twitter on June 19 to urge on his native England in a game, also with Uruguay. "Let's go England! This is the one to win!!," he wrote. England lost.

While Brazilians may laugh at Jagger, they love his music. The Rolling Stones' 2006 concert on Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro drew an estimated 1 million people, a lot more than the 20,000 or so that pack the beach now to watch World Cup games on a giant screen.

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Mick also loves Brazilians, having fathered one 15 years ago with former Brazilian model Luciana Gimenez.

Brazilians' obsession with Mick's soccer insights, or lack thereof, began four years ago at the World Cup in South Africa. Searching for an explanation for their country's stunning quarterfinal loss to the Netherlands, Brazil's fans settled on Jagger, who showed up at the stadium accompanying his son dressed in a Brazilian jersey.

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Earlier in that tournament, he had already earned a reputation for losing picks by showing up in the stands with Bill Clinton to cheer on the United States, which lost to Ghana in the second round, and then a day later watched as England was trounced by Germany 4-1.

Whether Jagger tempts fate and offers up another prediction this World Cup is anyone's guess.

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But if he does, Brazilians are begging it's not for them. Within hours of Italy's defeat on June 24, social media was buzzing with pleas for the rocker to keep quiet, or better yet, lend his reverse rabbit's foot to the country's despised rival, Argentina.
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