Darren Watkins Jr., the YouTuber known as IShowSpeed, is 21 years old and has a reputation that follows him at every World Cup: wherever he wears a team’s jersey, that team gets eliminated. Ivory Coast, Brazil, Portugal, Cape Verde, Egypt… all out. 🙈
So in the quarterfinals against Switzerland, in Kansas City, he decided to switch things up: for the first time, he put on the sky blue and white jersey, convinced that this way he could “jinx” Argentina from within. The plan seemed perfect.
But football has its own rules. Julián Álvarez scored in the 112′ and Lautaro Martínez sealed the match in the 120+1′, after Embolo was sent off. Argentina won 3-1 in extra time and Speed, furious, hit a chair and left the stadium before it was all over. His own superstition backfired on him. 😅⚽