By losing 2-1 to Real Madrid in their El Clasico clash Saturday at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Barcelona cost Canadian rapper a loss of £2.5million (about N1.2b).
But he was lucky with his bet on Arsenal who narrowly beat Leeds United 1-0 at Elland Road thanks to a Bukayo Saka’s goal. Drake had placed £537,000 (about N262m) on the Gunners.
Barcelona had appeared for the match against Real Madrid with Drake’s ‘ovo’ logo in celebration of being the first artist to reach 50 billion streams on Spotify, who are sponsors to Barcelona.
But it seems Barcelona couldn’t avoid the “Drake curse.” Real Madrid won the first “clásico” of the season to take the lead of the Spanish league and hand Barcelona another painful blow three days after the Catalan club’s hopes of advancing in the Champions League all but ended.
Karim Benzema and Federico Valverde scored first-half goals, and Rodrygo added another in second-half stoppage time, as the defending champions won 3-1 on Sunday to move three points ahead of Barcelona. The rivals had entered the match tied on points, with Barcelona ahead on goal difference.
Valverde added to the lead with a low shot from just outside the area in the 35th, with Ferran Torres getting a goal back for the visitors in the 83rd.
