How did Bonsam’s 2014 Ronaldo claim resurface in the Kane match chatter?

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Social media links Bonsam’s earlier Ronaldo claim to the Kane 0-0 draw, with users joking that his “work” on Kane had worked
In the lead-up to England’s World Cup match against Ghana, Nana Kwaku Bonsam, a self-proclaimed witch doctor from Ghana, said he was “working on Harry Kane” to stop him from scoring. When the match ended 0-0 and Kane failed to score, social media users joked that the spell had worked, effectively reviving talk of Bonsam’s earlier 2014 claim about Cristiano Ronaldo’s knee. The specific way the earlier Ronaldo claim re-entered the conversation was through online chatter that treated the two episodes as connected, even though the available reporting does not spell out the exact posts or the precise pathway of how that linkage spread.
Bonsam’s 2014 claim about Ronaldo was framed as supernatural intervention
Ahead of Ghana’s meeting with Portugal at the 2014 World Cup, Bonsam claimed he knew what was behind Cristiano Ronaldo’s knee problem and said he was working on Ronaldo. He also said his efforts would either rule Ronaldo out of the World Cup or at least prevent him from playing. Those statements helped cement Bonsam’s reputation in football folklore around “predictions” and supernatural influence.
Bonsam’s Kane vow was explicit, and it came just days before the match
Just days before England’s World Cup clash with Ghana, Bonsam vowed he was “working on” Kane to stop the England captain from scoring. He said he had shown what he could do before and that he knew what work was needed to neutralise England’s biggest attacking threat, while also saying he was not wishing Kane serious injury. The match then finished 0-0, with Kane walking off without a goal.
The immediate trigger for the renewed talk was the goalless result
After England were held to a 0-0 draw, social media “was awash with jokes” that Bonsam’s spell had worked. That timing created a natural comparison in online discussion between his earlier Ronaldo knee claim and his newer pledge to stop Kane. The reporting ties these moments together at a high level, but it does not provide the exact social media exchanges or news reports that made the 2014 claim resurface in the Kane chatter.
The content available shows the linkage existed, but not the exact mechanism
The reporting confirms that Bonsam had previously claimed responsibility for Ronaldo’s knee injury in 2014 and that, in the Kane match, users joked his “work” had succeeded. However, it does not explicitly describe how the specific Ronaldo incident was brought up again during the Kane match conversation, such as which posts, accounts, or headlines did the linking. To answer that part precisely, details of the specific social media thread or coverage that connected the two claims would be required.

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