COLE PALMER must have felt cursed while growing up as an England fan.
His first memory of watching the Three Lions in a major tournament was the infamous defeat by Germany in the last 16 of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.
Frank Lampard’s shot bounced off the underside of the bar and crossed the line – but was somehow not given as a goal by the officials – as England lost 4-1 and crashed out.
If Palmer thought that was bad, even worse was to come.
Four years later he travelled to Brazil to spend time with his grandad and watch some of the 2014 World Cup.
But England were knocked out before he had even stepped off the plane in Rio.
Palmer said: “The one when Lampard hit the bar, that’s the only thing I remember about that tournament.
“Then I went to Brazil for the World Cup. My grandad [Gary] lives in Brazil. By the time I got there they had already been knocked out.
“But it was great – I went to watch Belgium versus Russia.”
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