Frustrated England fans have taken to social media to blame ITV for the Three Lions being nullified by the USA in their second World Cup match of the tournament.
Despite being the favourites to win against their American rivals they were unable to succeed.
Disappointed fans have been quick to point the finger about who blame for tonight’s result, claiming it is a result of the phenomenon dubbed the ‘curse of ITV’.
People have noticed that England does not get as many wins when their games are broadcasted on ITV compared with the BBC.
One user begged: ‘The curse of ITV continues. Could you please let BBC show England matches from now on?’
Another claimed: ‘ITV curse strikes again. In major tournaments since 1998. BBC: W11 D1 L3. ITV: W2 D6 L5.’
Disappointed with England’s draw against the USA, many on social media have blamed the ‘ITV curse’ for the result. The superstition claims that England always performs better when the match is broadcast on the BBC rather than ITV
The term ‘curse of ITV’ has been flung around the since 1998 and in the past 10 years of World Cups and Euros alone, England has won only a few matched when ITV broadcast the game, with the majority being draws or losses.
While many chose to blame the superstition, others called for manager Gareth Southgate to go questioning if a manager ‘can be sacked mid-tournament?’
One said criticised the England manager for using ‘bizarre tactics’ throughout the game.
Speaking after the game Southgate admitted: ‘I knew it would be difficult for us. We didn’t have quite have that same zip.
Others on Twitter blamed manager Gareth Southgate for tonight’s game, with one asking if you can ‘sack a manager mid tournament?’
‘But that is going to happen we are not going to roll through a tournament. The objective is to get out of the group. We have done it in the first two games in the past two tournaments.’
Upset fans wrote that ‘it would not be coming home this year’ and declared the team was a ‘disgrace’ and ‘an embarrassment’.
England were favourites to win tonight and had a spectacular chance to score in the ninth minute, but it was deflected out for a corner.
It was not all doom and gloom, however, with some looking for a silver lining.
Disappointed England fans took to social media to express their ’embarrassment’ of tonight’s result while others tried laugh at the situation. One wrote: ‘If you can’t even beat a country who calls it Soccer, it’s never coming home’
More than 8,000 England fans were inside the Al Bayt stadium in the hope of helping to roar them to victory.
Supporters had hoped England would trounce the Americans decisively after they tore Iran to pieces in a 6-2 thumping.
But tonight’s much-anticipated match ground into a 94-minute stalemate that ended in a disappointing 0-0 draw.
More than 8,000 England fans were inside the Al Bayt stadium in the hope of helping to roar them to victory
Ahead of the game, social media users thought the match would provide the perfect opportunity to decide which country gets to keep James Corden. Corden
One user joked, ‘England vs USA – loser gets to keep James Corden’. Following tonight’s game, the pressing issue has now been settled, with a number of people saying ‘James Corden gets dropped into the Atlantic’ as a result.
Corden also racked up lots of mentions, with dozens of Twitter users referencing the Late Late Show host.
Before the match cheeky fans joked that the ‘loser’ of the game ‘gets to keep James Corden’. After the draw, many took to social media claiming ‘clearly no one wanted James Corden’ with others joking he will need to ‘get dropped into the Atlantic’
In October, the Brit was banned from one of NYC’s most popular restaurants – Balthazar – after he berated and yelled at servers over getting an omelette order wrong.
Restaurant owner, Keith McNally added: ‘The kitchen remade the dish but unfortunately sent it with home fries instead of salad.
Social media users today suggested this evening’s game was the perfect chance to decide who gets to keep James Corden
‘The whole world will eventually call it soccer after tonight’s USA win against England,’ another cheeky American fan added
The football v soccer divide was one of the hot topics on social media throughout the day
‘That’s when James Corden began yelling like crazy to the server: ”You can’t do your job! You can’t do your job! Maybe I should go into the kitchen and cook the omelet myself!”’
In response, McNally claimed Corden was the ‘most abusive customer ever’, adding that the Brit had previously behaved similarly at another restaurant that he used to own – Cafe Luxembourg.
Along with his wife, Julia Carey, the couple complained to the server that there was ‘a little bit of egg white mixed with the egg yolk’ and sent the dish back.
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