Real Madrid 3-1 Barcelona: Drake loses crazy amount of money after cursing Xavi's side

‘The Drake Curse’ returned with a vengeance on Sunday afternoon as Barcelona were beaten by Real Madrid in El Clasico.

Starting in late 2018, Drake seemingly cursed any sports team he openly supported or athlete who he posed for a photo with.

An athlete always seemed to have a poor result shortly after posing with the Canadian rapper.

Conor McGregor and Anthony Joshua were shocked by Khabib Nurmagomedov and Andy Ruiz Jr respectively shortly after being pictured with Drake

Man City were defeated by Tottenham Hotspur days after Drake met Sergio Aguero, while Dortmund were crushed 5-0 by Bayern Munich after he posed for pictures with Jadon Sancho.

There are countless more examples, with Man United and Paris Saint-Germain also affected.

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Football fans feared for Barcelona when it was announced that the Catalan giants would wear his OVO Owl for their clash against Real Madrid on Sunday afternoon.

Holding up a picture of the OVO owl on Barcelona's shirt, Drake wrote on Instagram: "To celebrate being the first artist with 50 billion streams on @spotify @FCBarcelona will wear the OVO owl at El Clasico on Sunday. This doesn’t feel real but it is."

Drake's OVO owl will be on Barcelona’s jersey in El Clásico to celebrate him being the first artist to reach 50 billion streams on Spotify pic.twitter.com/g6aycGxpt2

He then doubled down his support of Barcelona by placing an outrageous bet on the match.

Drake placed a bet of of €617,467 on Arsenal and Barça to win against Leeds and Real Madrid respectively.

If they both emerged victorious, he would have won €2.89 million.

❗️Drake has placed a massive bet of €617,467 on Arsenal and Barça to win today