Marc Cucurella lived to regret his Euro 2024 jibe at Erling Haaland early into Chelsea's clash with Manchester City.
It took last season's Premier League top goalscorer just 18 minutes to open his account and get on the scoresheet against the Blues at Stamford Bridge on Sunday.
Rewind to Spain's 2-1 win over England in the Euro 2024 final, Cucurella had a cheeky jibe at the Man City striker.
"Haaland you'd better tremble, Cucurella is coming," the Spaniard sang into a mic on stage at La Roja's celebrations.
And fans on social media have been quick to point that out.
"Cucurella gets bullied and can't deal with Haaland letting him score, who's singing now! Some people write their own fate," one wrote on X.
"Football script writers are so predictable cause Haaland scoring a goal with Cucurella defending on him was the most obvious thing ever," a second joked.
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"Cucurella returned to Stamford Bridge following an impressive Euro 2024 campaign.
The left-back was named in this summer's Team of The Tournament, which also included England and Man City defender Kyle Walker.
Haaland finished off a lovely Man City move Cucurella played six of Spain's seven games, racking up the second-highest minutes of any of La Roja's players (546), just behind goalkeeper Unai Simon (570).
He also set up the the winning goal for Mikel Oyarzabal in the final.
Meanwhile, Haaland has now been directly involved in 106 goals in 100 appearances for Man City.
Haaland was called out by Cucurella at Euro 2024 - but his taunts didn't age wellCredit: X:@goal His opener was his 91st goal for the club to go with his 15 assists.
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