British singer Mick Jagger stated that Argentina’s football team will arrive “for sure” to the World Cup semi-finals. The statement was made in an interview with Argentine radio and refers to the well-known superstition in football that teams supported or praised by the lead singer of the Rolling Stones do not win the title.
“You will reach the semi-finals for sure. I’m not going to say they will win”said Jagger. He also stated that he intends to watch Lionel Messi’s team play. The excerpt was broadcast on Thursday (June 25, 2026) on the radio’s Instagram account. The full interview will be published on Wednesday (Jul 1).
The next game of The Argentine team is on Friday (July 3), against the Cape Verde team, in the 2nd phase of the World Cup – known as the 32nd phase – which precedes the round of 16.
🎥 Mick Jagger wins Argentina shirt and says which country will advance in the World Cup
🇦🇷 British singer Mick Jagger received an Argentina football team shirt during an interview with La Nación Rádio. Known for being “cold feet”, the vocalist said that the team will arrive…
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“cold foot”
to fame of “cold foot” Jagger started at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, when he followed matches involving England, the United States and Brazil. The 3 teams ended up defeated and eliminated from the competition with the presence of the vocalist.
In 2014, in Brazil, Mick Jagger supported the Brazilian team in the World Cup. At Mineirão, in Belo Horizonte, he watched live, in the semi-final, the defeat by 7 a 1 for the German team, alongside his son Lucas Jagger, the result of his relationship with presenter Luciana Gimenez.
“I may be responsible for the first German goal, but not for the other 6”he told the British newspaper at the time .
In 2018, in Russia, Jagger again supported the England team. The English reached the semi-finals, but were eliminated by the Croatian team.
In the same year, Jagger attended the Brazilian team’s match against Switzerland, in the group stage of the World Cup. The game ended in a 1-1 draw.
WORLD CUP
The World Cup is a private, for-profit sporting event. It is carried out every 4 years by . Teams qualify through knockouts. The technical committee and squad of each team competing in the competition are chosen by private entities.
In the case of Brazil, it is up to the CBF (Brazilian Football Confederation) to define who the coach is and which players are “called up” (in reality, everyone is invited and whoever is interested goes; as the commercial gain from marketing is great, the athletes respond to the “call up”). The CBF is an organization governed by private law and has no connection with the federal government.
The Brazilian government has no influence on choosing the team that participates in the tournament. In other words, it is not the country that is represented in the World Cup, but a football team chosen by a private entity.
