So confident was William ‘Seak’ Black that England would beat defending champions Argentina in the FIFA World Cup semi-final on Wednesday, that he made a daring bet to eat grass if the South Americans triumphed.

And when Anthony Gordon gave England – known as the Three Lions – the lead in the second half, Black must have felt that the only thing on the menu was ‘goat’, a reference to Argentina captain and talisman Lionel Messi who is considered the ‘greatest of all time’ (GOAT). But Messi and his teammates had other ideas for Black’s meal. Argentina pushed for an equaliser, and the pressure eventually led to Enzo Fernandez scoring in the 85th minute. Lautaro Marinez then headed in the winning goal two minutes into injury time. Both goals were assisted by Messi.

After Fernandez’s equaliser, Black admitted that he realised he would be eating grass.