Soccer betting superstitions

Superstitions have been a part of most people’s lives since ancient times. In modern times, the belief that a specific action determines the positive or negative outcome of a future event is more popular than ever.

When you are looking for work, when you take an exam, on your wedding day, when you move to a new house and why not when you play an important football game and place a bet.

Before talking about soccer betting superstitions, you should already know that even soccer players have strange superstitions on match days. Here are some captains of soccer teams from 2012 who follow strange rituals and hope it will protect them from good luck:

Steven Gerrard (born 1980) and Liverpool players like to touch the “This is Anfield” sign in the tunnel on the way to the field. Steven Gerrard is the captain of the English Liverpool team and the England national team.

Iker Casillas Fernández (born 1981), better known as Iker Casillas, captain of the Spanish soccer team and Real Madrid goalkeeper, observes a ritual in which he touches his own crossbar every time his team scores a goal.

Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro (born 1985) or simply Cristiano Ronaldo, the captain of the Portuguese team and Real Madrid striker in the Spanish La Liga, maintains a pre-match ritual of cutting his hair for fear of spoiling his scoring streak.

Like all people, football betting fans also have their own rituals and look for signs of good luck before placing a bet.

When people get some money from a bet, they say it was because the palm of their hand started itching or because they wore their favorite colored jersey at the betting event.

Some people believe that they should step forward with the right foot or fill the betting slip with the left hand. As for good luck charms, some people use silver to make sports bets.

Television is an important element of supernatural superstition. There are some people who believe that they will not win a bet if they do not watch the game, some momentarily turn off the TV and then turn it on, go to other channels, stop watching the game for a moment, all this in the hope that good things will happen. for the team they bet on.

There are many more superstitions than I could tell you, but I don’t want to curse my bet in tonight’s game by telling you about my lucky red pajamas.

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