Epress.am News from Armenia
The first day of the state funeral marking the Dec. 17 death of the supreme leader of North Korea Kim Jong-il took place on Dec. 28. While the world media broadcast images of thousands of crying, wailing citizens, local paper Haykakan Jamanak (“Armenian Times”) recalled that it had predicted the state leader’s death in October.
Sports columnist Armen Nikoghosyan, in fact, citing Talksport, on Oct. 28 wrote: “Kim Jong-il is waiting in horror for the Arsenal–Manchester United match to take place on Dec. 17.”
The journalist notes that UK-based media noticed that when Arsenal midfielder Aaron Ramsey scores a goal and Arsenal is able to secure victory over a strong team, the next day the world learns of a high-profile murder.
For instance, on May 1 of this year, Ramsey scored the only goal in Arsenal’s win against Manchester United. The next day, on May 2, the death of Osama Bin Laden was announced. On Oct. 19, in the Champions League, Arsenal, again thanks to the only goal scored by Ramsey, celebrated victory against Olympique de Marseille. The next day, on Oct. 20, Muammar Gaddafi was killed.
However, though on Dec. 17, the Arsenal–Manchester City match ended with a score of 1-0, it was not in Arsenal’s favor.
The trend was also disrupted when Apple CEO Steve Jobs died 3 days after the Oct. 2 Tottenham–Arsenal match, which ended with a score of 2–1 in Tottenham’s favor. Arsenal’s only goal was scored by Ramsey.
Thus, the pattern seems to be that either Ramsey has to score a goal or Arsenal’s matches with strong opponents have to end with a score of 1-0.
Note, the next important match for Arsenal will be on Jan. 22 at home when it hosts Manchester United.