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Seeing shock friends at sporting occasions shouldn’t be unusual. You usually catch a glimpse of a film star at a grand slam tennis occasion or a musician at a golf main.
Soccer isn’t any completely different. On Thursday, actuality TV star Kim Kardashian sprinkled movie star gold mud over Arsenal’s Europa League recreation towards Portuguese membership Sporting CP on the Emirates Stadium.
Kardashian was pictured watching the sport along with her son, Saint, having posted on her Instagram story hours earlier than an image of Arsenal merchandize with the caption: “Ship assist SOS.”
There was loads to maintain up with throughout an action-packed match. Arsenal, who hadn’t misplaced since February 15, suffered defeat in heartbreaking trend – conceding a purpose from the midway line earlier than then dropping on penalties.
Twitter was abuzz, asking had the a lot touted ‘Kardashian curse’ struck.
The ‘Kardashian curse’ is a principle prevalent on the web that connects folks that family members are concerned with and a downturn of their fortunes.
“The Kardashian curse strikes once more,” tweeted one Arsenal fan account.
The 42-year-old Kardashian posted pictures from all through the sport exhibiting Saint displaying the big selection of feelings the Europa League recreation delivered.
He was seen celebrating when Arsenal took a first-half lead by way of Granit Xhaka and seemed to be heading by way of, solely to be adopted with a photograph of him wanting despairingly afterward as the sport unraveled for Arsenal.
Sporting equalized by way of a spectacular Pedro Gonçalves purpose from the midway line within the second half earlier than the Portuguese crew gained a penalty shootout after the last-16 tie completed 1-1 on Thursday and 3-3 on mixture.
It’s not the primary time we’ve seen A-list celebrities attend matches within the UK this season, with actors Michael B Jordan and Ryan Reynolds noticed at Bournemouth and Wrexham video games respectively.