Mexico is always in the conversation of teams that could challenge for the World Cup, but they've never made it past the quarter-finals of a World Cup and have never finished better than 6th.
Will this be the year that they finally break through? We've got a long way to go before we get an answer to that question, but if there's one reason to think this is Mexico's year, it's that they enlisted the help of a Warlock to break its World Cup curse.
As per AFP, the Warlock's name is Antonio Vazquez and he's actually the 'Grand Warlock' of Mexico:With the help of two priestesses and a rain stick shaped like an ancient Mesoamerican god, Mexico’s “Grand Warlock” cast a spell Wednesday to help the nation at the World Cup.
Antonio Vazquez – better known as “El Brujo Mayor,” a soothsayer famed for his annual predictions on politics and the news – invoked the plumed serpent god Quetzalcoatl, worshipped by the Aztecs and other pre-Columbian peoples, to get the Mexican national team to at least the quarter-finals in Russia.
Trying to erase a history of consistently losing before the quarter-finals by enlisting the help of a Warlock is a bold move.
That said, Mexico did just beat the defending champs in its first game of the tournament, so they're off to a great start and it feels as if a weight (curse) has been lifted off their shoulders.
(H/T: FTW)
