Mick Jagger's World Cup curse strikes again as Italy fall

World Cup whispers: the 'anti-octopus', golden boots and copaca-paneer

Mick Jagger watches England play football

'COLD FOOT' JAGGER HAS WORLD CUP CURSE

Is Mick Jagger the "anti-octopus"? Unlike his eight-legged rival, Paul, the Rolling Stones frontman appears cursed when it comes to making World Cup predictions, and has earned the nickname "pe frio" - cold foot - in Brazil. In May he told a crowd in Lisbon that unconvincing Portugal would win the World Cup, last week he took to Twitter to back England, and on Saturday told 70,000 fans in Rome that Italy would make it to the knock-out stages. In 2010 he backed the US, England and Brazil, who all failed.

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