On Sunday evening, in a surreal atmosphere due to closed doors, Juventus defeated Inter 2-0. Thanks to success stories by Aaron Ramsey and Paolo Dybala. If the Argentinian finds the opening regularly this season, the Welshman scored, in this clash at the top, only his fourth goal of the exercise, all competitions combined. Too little, in the eyes of the supporters of the Old Lady, for a player recruited, among other things, for his qualities as a finisher. But far too much for all famous people.
Author of some 80 goals since the start of his career in Cardiff in 2007, Aaron Ramsey (29) is chased by a funny curse. Who seems to have accompanied him to Italy. The statistics are frightening to the eyes: on all of its goals, a good twenty were indeed very quickly followed by the death of a public figure. After the Mexican footballer De Nigris in 2009, Osama bin Laden, Steve Jobs and Gaddafi confirm, in 2011, the doubts by dying the next day or two days after Ramsey’s success. Two years later, Jorge Videla and Withney Houston were in turn “victims” of the sense of purpose for Arsenal’s Welsh midfielder. Like actor Robin Williams in 2014 or David Bowie, Alan Rickman, Professor Snape in Harry Potter, and Nancy Reagan in 2016.
And then Chirac …
More recently, Keith Flint and Luke Perry have increased the number of innocent victims of this curse that sticks to the Welsh’s crampons. The member of the Prodigy group and the American actor both died on March 4, 2019, just two short days after the goal of the ex-Gunner against Tottenham (1-1). A curse that also accompanies him in the national team since rapper Mac Miller died of an overdose on September 7, 2018. The day before, Aaraon Ramsey scored against Ireland with Wales.
When Ramsey scores, a celebrity dies in the process. A dark habit that should have disappeared by the time Arsenal No. 8 left London and Britain for Turin and Juventus last summer. This was not the case since, last September, Jacques Chirac died only a few days after Ramsey’s first goal in the bianconero jersey. Tragic news that a user had predicted …
What does this have to do with his Sunday success against Inter? The death of Swedish actor Max von Sydow on the same day cannot be counted against Ramsey’s already heavy account. But this time, the Welshman’s goal caused another kind of damage. Less than twenty-four hours after the Welshman raised his arms to the sky, all Italian football was brought to a halt. And all the tifosi who are in mourning this time.
André Boschetti
Created: 10.03.2020, 9:36 p.m.
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