{"id":98051,"date":"2023-08-26T12:20:38","date_gmt":"2023-08-26T12:20:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/?p=98051"},"modified":"2023-08-26T12:20:38","modified_gmt":"2023-08-26T12:20:38","slug":"uri-geller-claims-credit-for-lioness-mary-earps-heroic-penalty-save","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/world-news\/uri-geller-claims-credit-for-lioness-mary-earps-heroic-penalty-save\/","title":{"rendered":"Uri Geller claims credit for Lioness Mary Earps&apos; heroic penalty save"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Uri&#8217;s claiming to have put a hex on a penalty against England again! Spoon-bender Geller says he willed Lioness Mary Earps&#8217; heroic save against Spain in the World Cup final &#8211; 27 years after &#8216;thwarting Gary McAllister&#8217;s Euro 96 pen&#8217;<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span>Geller, 76, says he focused his mind powers on Mary Earps as she saved a penalty<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Spoon-bender Uri Geller claims he helped Mary Earps to save her heroic penalty in today&#8217;s World Cup final &#8211; but even he could not help them defeat the crusading Spanish side.<\/p>\n<p>The infamous mystifier, 76, celebrated after focusing his mind powers at the pitch as he watched on a screen in his Tel Aviv museum &#8211; nearly 9,000 miles from the Australian stadium.<\/p>\n<p>It comes nearly 30 years after the cutlery-botherer claims he moved the ball as Scotland&#8217;s Gary McAllister ran up to take a crucial penalty against England in Euro 96 at Wembley that would have made the score 1-1. David Seaman saved the spot-kick and Paul Gascoigne went up the other end to score his iconic goal and seal a 2-0 win.<\/p>\n<p>Fast-forward to 2023 and Mr Geller said he could not not control the whole outcome of the match &#8211; because he was touring a group of children and could not completely focus.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to MailOnline, Mr Geller revealed: &#8216;Somehow, I believe I managed to help Mary Earps catch the ball and save the penalty.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/20\/21\/74534613-12426641-Pictured_Geller_at_his_former_Berkshire_mansion_standing_in_fron-a-8_1692564409656.jpg\" height=\"426\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Pictured: Geller at his former Berkshire mansion, standing in front of his Cadillac covered in bent spoons<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/20\/21\/74524253-12426641-The_goalkeeper_saved_well_from_the_penalty_spot_to_keep_England_-a-28_1692563945599.jpg\" height=\"425\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Goalkeeper Mary Earps saved well from the penalty spot to keep England in the game against Spain\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I looked into the big screen and I unleashed in one split second all my powers for her to save her penalty.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;And I was amazed she did &#8211; even my iPhone was juggling in my hands all over the place!<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;And then I really wanted them to &#8211; like all the millions who were watching &#8211; we were waiting for them to equalise, but they just couldn&#8217;t.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I had tours of schoolkids booked a long time ago and I simply couldn&#8217;t cancel. And while the match was going on I was doing the tour so I really couldn&#8217;t focus all my mind on this.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Without them I would have been more focus. I can&#8217;t tell you for sure if it would have worked but I would have been much more focused.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Geller lived in the UK for 40 years and owns the Scottish island of Lamb &#8211; and says that he will always support the Lionesses against anyone but Scotland. In 1996 the self-proclaimed psychic famously hovered over Wembley Stadium in a helicopter as the home side lead by a tenuous goal 12 minutes from time.<\/p>\n<p>And indeed the ball bobbled slightly from the spot as\u00a0Gary McAllister struck it &#8211; allowing David Seaman&#8217;s save.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/20\/21\/74534617-12426641-image-a-27_1692563902231.jpg\" height=\"960\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>In 1996 the self-proclaimed psychic famously hovered over Wembley Stadium in a helicopter as the home side lead by a tenuous goal 12 minutes from time.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/20\/21\/74524457-12426641-Mary_Earps_shouted_f_off_after_she_saved_Jennifer_Hermoso_s_69th-a-7_1692564409655.jpg\" height=\"427\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Mary Earps shouted &#8216;f*** off&#8217; after she saved Jennifer Hermoso&#8217;s 69th-minute penalty<\/p>\n<p>He has a real passion for women&#8217;s football &#8211; his wife Hanna loves the game and his granddaughters Romi and Liya &#8211; who live in America &#8211; are passionate players.<\/p>\n<p>But after the infamous game against Scotland he claims to have had around 11,000 hate messages &#8211; and Spanish fans have been no less forgiving.<\/p>\n<p>The mystifier claims to have received further abuse from Mediterranean fans ever since he told Metro he would use his &#8216;power and energy&#8217; to back the Lionesses.<\/p>\n<p>He continued: &#8216;I had a lot of backlash from Spain. Terrible Tweets &#8211; I had to delete them. Nasty, nasty messages.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;&#8221;How dare you&#8221;, &#8220;We&#8217;re going to take care of you&#8221; &#8211; this was before the match.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I had obscene phone calls, I was threatened. It was just terrible.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I had three people come to the door of the museum and scream at me. That was quite violent.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12426641\/Uri-Geller-claims-credit-Lioness-Mary-Earps-penalty-World-Cup-final.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Uri&#8217;s claiming to have put a hex on a penalty against England again! 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