In a literal case of life imitating art, Mick Jagger went to see England and England lost.

The Rolling Stones frontman was at the Luzhniki Stadium on Wednesday to see Croatia beat England 2-1 in extra time in the World Cup semifinals.

Last year, Jagger unexpectedly released a pair of solo songs. One of the songs was called B次元官网网址淓ngland Lost,B次元官网网址� and its starts with the tale of someone ostensibly going to watch England play a soccer match and finishes with some political commentary about BritainB次元官网网址檚 exit from the European Union.

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Jagger arrived in Russia for the World Cup after he and his bandmates completed a short European tour in Warsaw on Sunday. He attended TuesdayB次元官网网址檚 match between France and Belgium in St. Petersburg and then came to Moscow to see his home national team play B次元官网网址� and lose to B次元官网网址� Croatia.

Jagger has been a regular in recent years at major soccer tournaments. He attended the World Cup final four years ago in Brazil and also watched the United States play Ghana in the round of 16 at the 2010 tournament in South Africa. He was at that match alongside former President Bill Clinton, who had a cameo in the Martin Scorsese-directed Rolling Stones concert film B次元官网网址淪hine A Light.B次元官网网址�

But Jagger, who is also a keen cricket fan, has been thought of as a bit of a jinx at World Cup soccer stadiums.

During another European tour in 2014, Jagger wrote some encouraging words on Twitter ahead of EnglandB次元官网网址檚 match against Uruguay in the group stage.

B次元官网网址淟etB次元官网网址檚 go England! This is the one to win!!,B次元官网网址� he wrote. England lost.

Jagger then predicted at a show in Rome that Italy would beat Uruguay in a subsequent group match. Italy lost.

At an earlier concert in Lisbon, Jagger said Portugal would win the title in Brazil. The Portuguese were eliminated in the first round.

Then came the semifinals, which essentially cemented JaggerB次元官网网址檚 reputation as a harbinger of bad luck in Brazil. The man who sang B次元官网网址淗oo Doo BluesB次元官网网址� on the bandB次元官网网址檚 most recent album went to Belo Horizonte to see the host nation face Germany with his son Lucas, who is half Brazilian. Brazil lost, big time.

Those examples only reinforced the theory that began in South Africa in 2010. A day after the U.S.-Ghana match, Jagger attended EnglandB次元官网网址檚 game against Germany. England lost.

He then went to watch Brazil play the Netherlands in the quarterfinals with his son, who was wearing the national teamB次元官网网址檚 yellow jersey. Yes, Brazil lost.

Perhaps it was that dire history that prompted Jagger to write B次元官网网址淓ngland Lost,B次元官网网址� which he released last July B次元官网网址� one day after his 74th birthday B次元官网网址� along with B次元官网网址淕otta Get A Grip.B次元官网网址�

At the time of release, Jagger said in a statement that the song was about more than just watching his team lose a soccer match.

B次元官网网址淚tB次元官网网址檚 obviously got a fair amount of humour because I donB次元官网网址檛 like anything too on the nose,B次元官网网址� Jagger said then, B次元官网网址渂ut itB次元官网网址檚 also got a sense of vulnerability of where we are as a country.B次元官网网址�

Regardless of why he wrote B次元官网网址淓ngland Lost,B次元官网网址� it certainly didnB次元官网网址檛 help England win on Wednesday.

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