{"id":458011,"date":"2019-04-17T18:20:47","date_gmt":"2019-04-17T18:20:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=458011"},"modified":"2025-07-17T18:18:14","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T18:18:14","slug":"drake-curse-hitting-european-soccer-players-as-roma-issues-6-god-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=458011","title":{"rendered":"&#039;Drake curse&#039; hitting European soccer players? AS Roma issues 6 God ban"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img alt=\"Rap artist Drake celebrates as head coach Dwane Casey of the Toronto Raptors looks on in the closing moments of their victory against the Washington Wizards in the first quarter during Game One of the first round of the 2018 NBA Playoffs at Air Canada Centre on April 14, 2018 in Toronto. (Tom Szczerbowski\/Getty Images)\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" data-license-id=\"587420\" data-portal-copyright=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/gettyimages-946330048-e1555524528330-1-scaled.jpg\" title=\"Rap artist Drake celebrates as head coach Dwane Casey of the Toronto Raptors looks on in the closing moments of their victory against the Washington Wizards in the first quarter during Game One of the first round of the 2018 NBA Playoffs at Air Canada Centre on April 14, 2018 in Toronto. (Tom Szczerbowski\/Getty Images)\" \/><\/p>\n<p> Bosses at Italian soccer club AS Roma have banned players from posing for snaps with rapper Drake, insisting he\u2019s bad news for European sportsmen. <\/p>\n<p> Paris Saint-Germain\u2019s Layvin Kurzawa became the latest soccer star hit by a growing Drake curse when his team was hammered 5-1 by Lille on Sunday, immediately after he posed with the Canadian. <\/p>\n<p> Paul Pogba\u2019s Manchester United also went down 2-1 to Wolverhampton Wanderers in the FA Cup after he joined Drake for a snap backstage at his recent Manchester Arena gig, and Arsenal lost 1-0 to Everton after Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang posed with the rap star at the O2 in London. <\/p>\n<ul class=\"related_links\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/canoe.com\/sports\/basketball\/nba\/toronto-raptors\/raptors-training-facility-renamed-ovo-athletic-centre-for-drake\/wcm\/465369e2-d7a8-4101-bff9-7c763504d9bc\">Raptors training facility renamed OVO Athletic Centre for Drake<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/canoe.com\/news\/local-news\/drakes-wish-granted-cn-tower-toronto-sign-going-gold-after-grammy-win\/wcm\/335793db-f381-4130-9737-c41c39657123\">Drake&#8217;s wish granted: CN Tower, Toronto sign going gold after Grammy win<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/canoe.com\/entertainment\/movies\/drake-to-make-movies-with-zero-dark-thirty-producer\">Drake to make movies with &#8216;Zero Dark Thirty&#8217; producer<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> Sergio Aguero became the English Premier League player \u2018cursed\u2019 by Drake \u2013 he missed a penalty in the Champions League as Manchester City lost 1-0 to Tottenham Hotspurs. <\/p>\n<p> And now AS Roma bosses aren\u2019t taking any chances. <\/p>\n<p> \u201cAll Roma players banned from taking photos with Drake until the end of the season,\u201d a tweet on the team\u2019s official Twitter account reads. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p>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\">April 15, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> Drake\u2019s sports curse began with basketball \u2013 a global ambassador for his beloved Toronto Raptors since 2013, the team hasn\u2019t won a major game in that period. <\/p>\n<p> The rap star was also backstage with UFC superstar Conor McGregor\u2019s before his big 2018 fight against Khabib Nurmagomedov, which the Irishman lost in the fourth round. <\/p>\n<p><img alt=\" Conor McGregor, left, and rapper Drake attend a ceremonial weigh-in for UFC 229 at T-Mobile Arena on Oct. 5, 2018 in Las Vegas. 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