The internet is under the spell of an extremely striking tweet from 2013 about the course of the final of the European Championship 2020. On February 22 of the year in question, ‘Cameron’, as the football fan calls himself on the social medium, tweeted that the Three Lions would lose to Italy in the European Championship final on penalties. Within a day of the final, the user already collected a quarter of a million likes and the message was retweeted 152 thousand times.
“England lost the Euro 2020 to Italy on penalties, nothing will change,” the user wrote on Twitter eight years ago. It is unknown why he posted the tweet at that time. ‘Cameron’ was aware of what he had posted in 2013, as he updated his tweet a day before the match. The fan responded by quoting the old post and posting a new one, in which he changed “lost” to “won.” However, the adjustment did not have the desired effect.
England just lost the euro 2020 final against Italy on a penalty shoot out, nothing has changed then!
— Cameron (@lawseyitfc) February 22, 2013
After a 1-1 draw against England in regular time, due to goals from Luke Shaw and Leonardo Bonucci, an extension proved necessary at Wembley on Sunday night. There were no hits, so a penalty series had to offer a solution. In it, Andrea Belotti, Marcus Rashford and Jadon Sancho, Jorginho and Bukayo Saka missed. Thus, England continues to wait for the first top prize since 1966.
The user edited his tweet out of superstition a day before the European Championship final.
Within hours of the game, the number of comments started pouring in. Most users make fun of the “ghost tweet” by responding with questions about the future. “Will Tottenham Hotspur ever win another prize?” one tweeter wonders. The winner of the 2022 World Cup is also often asked in the comments.