{"id":23934,"date":"2019-04-17T13:51:04","date_gmt":"2019-04-17T12:51:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colossusbets.com\/blog\/?p=23934"},"modified":"2019-11-13T17:29:26","modified_gmt":"2019-11-13T17:29:26","slug":"what-is-the-drake-curse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colossusbets.com\/blog\/what-is-the-drake-curse\/","title":{"rendered":"The Drake Curse: Is It Real?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>First came the Aaron Ramsey curse, a bizarre social media trend that linked Aaron Ramsey scoring a goal, with celebrities dying soon afterwards. Now we have the Drake curse, a far less malevolent trend which suggests that links football players having photos taken with the rapper before going on to lose their next game. So how many players have fallen victim to the curse so far?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Romelu Lukaku<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Belgian forward posted a snap with the rapper on the 13th March and, three days later, Man United were knocked out of the FA Cup by Wolves after a 2-1 defeat.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet tw-align-center\" data-lang=\"en-gb\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Ovo x Roc Boy.<br \/>\nDope experience with a humble dude ? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PAirDIMOjR\">pic.twitter.com\/PAirDIMOjR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 R.Lukaku Bolingoli9 (@RomeluLukaku9) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RomeluLukaku9\/status\/1105826844593610753?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">13 March 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>After the Gabon striker attended one of Drake&#8217;s London concerts on the third of April, they posed together for a photo. It did the Gunners no favours whatsoever as they lost to Everton 1-0 in their next fixture.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet tw-align-center\" data-lang=\"en-gb\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Man Utd\u2019s purple patch under Ole is well &amp; truly over, Tottenham in horrendous form atm &amp; Drake now striking his curse on Arsenal which only means 1 thing? Top 4 is in the bag for Chelsea. ? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TULhjnlD0u\">pic.twitter.com\/TULhjnlD0u<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u1d2e\u02b3\u02b8\u1d43\u207f (@ChelseaFCBryan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChelseaFCBryan\/status\/1113380816476733440?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">3 April 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sergio Aguero<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Man City striker was the next to suffer. Is it just strikers who go to Drake concerts? He also attended one of the rappers shows before missing a penalty in their Champions League first leg defeat to Tottenham.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Bu2L36FBgRR\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_medium=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"12\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;\"><a style=\"color: #000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Bu2L36FBgRR\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_medium=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">??<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\">A post shared by <a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/10aguerosergiokun\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_medium=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Sergio Leonel Ag\u00fcero<\/a> (@10aguerosergiokun) on <time style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;\" datetime=\"2019-03-10T23:43:07+00:00\">Mar 10, 2019 at 4:43pm PDT<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Layvin Kurzawa<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>PSG suffered their worst defeat in 19 years as they were humbled 5-1 by Lille at the weekend, prolonging their wait to win the Ligue Un title. What happened in the build up? You guessed it. Defender Layvin Kurzawa went to see Drake and had a photo taken with him.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BwKXzYyAu14\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_medium=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"12\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;\"><a style=\"color: #000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BwKXzYyAu14\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_medium=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">With the ? @champagnepapi ?? ? @bassforreal<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\">A post shared by <a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/kurzawa_20\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_medium=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Layvin Kurzawa 20<\/a> (@kurzawa_20) on <time style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;\" datetime=\"2019-04-12T16:23:34+00:00\">Apr 12, 2019 at 9:23am PDT<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wilfried Zaha<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>After Man City were Draked during the week in the Champions League, they desperately needed the curse to be lifted before travelling to Crystal Palace on Sunday. Fortunately, Palace&#8217;s most dangerous player, Wilfried Zaha, had a photo taken with Drake during the week. Palace went on to lose 3-1.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BwB0gCNHnLT\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_medium=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"12\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;\"><a style=\"color: #000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BwB0gCNHnLT\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_medium=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">? @champagnepapi<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\">A post shared by <a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/wilfriedzaha\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_medium=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Wilfried Zaha<\/a> (@wilfriedzaha) on <time style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;\" datetime=\"2019-04-09T08:41:10+00:00\">Apr 9, 2019 at 1:41am PDT<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>AS Roma<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>So it seems as though the curse could be real. Either that or footballers need to stop going to late concerts before playing in big matches. Either way, Serie A side AS Roma were taking no chances.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet tw-align-center\" data-lang=\"en-gb\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">All Roma players banned from taking photos with Drake until the end of the season<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 AS Roma English (@ASRomaEN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ASRomaEN\/status\/1117853209538650112?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">15 April 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First came the Aaron Ramsey curse, a bizarre social media trend that linked Aaron Ramsey scoring a goal, with celebrities dying soon afterwards. 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