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Victoria Beckham<\/a> may not be the biggest football fan herself but she was a shoulder to cry on for emotional husband David after England\u2019s heartbreaking World Cup defeat<\/a> last night. <\/p>\n

The Spice Girls star went viral earlier in the competition, thanks to her somewhat subdued reaction<\/a> to England\u2019s Jude Bellingham securing the team\u2019s win against Norway with an extra-time goal on Sunday. While her ex football star husband was seen jumping out of his seat with joy, Posh\u2019s reaction was very on-brand \u2013 a pouty look of complete nonchalance. <\/p>\n

But last night (Wednesday 15 July), for England\u2019s semi-final game against Argentina, the singer-turned-fashion mogul changed tack. When Anthony Gordon scored for England, Posh leapt up from her seat to embrace a celebrating David. She was also on hand to comfort David when he was distraught after England\u2019s eventual 2-1 loss.<\/p>\n

As David looked solemnly out at the pitch after England\u2019s defeat in Atlanta, Victoria gave him a consolatory hug, resting her head on his shoulder and closing her eyes. In other photos, the ex footballer looked close to tears, bringing their son Cruz in for a hug while Posh remained stony-faced. <\/p>\n

\"VictoriaVictoria Beckham comforted her devastated husband last night (Michael Zemanek\/Shutterstock)<\/p>\n

The celebrity family have been a fixture at a number of England\u2019s games throughout the World Cup in the US and Mexico and the semi-final was no exception, with Victoria and David being joined by children Romeo, 23, Cruz, 21, Harper, 15, and Cruz\u2019s girlfriend Jackie Apostel, 30. <\/p>\n

Unsurprisingly, their eldest son Brooklyn Beckham was not in attendance \u2013 having become estranged from his famous family<\/a> in a four-year feud over his wedding to wife Nicola Peltz. <\/p>\n

After Victoria Beckham\u2019s low-key reaction to England\u2019s win against Norway divided football fans at the weekend, her ex Manchester United player husband took to Instagram to defend her<\/a> by replying to a tongue-in-cheek post. <\/p>\n

Comedian Jenny Johnson had jokingly celebrated her as \u201cEngland\u2019s number one fan\u201d in a post, writing: \u201cThere\u2019s nothing like cheering your heart out for England from home, then they cut to Victoria and we see that classic Posh Spice smile! It\u2019s so infectious!<\/p>\n

\"TheThe couple have regularly attended World Cup games throughout the tournament (Getty)<\/p>\n

\u201cI used to think I got animated while watching sports, but Victoria blows my enthusiasm out of the water! Each time I see her I shout, \u2018SPICE UP YOUR LIFE!!!!\u2019 because her energy is electric!!!\u201d<\/p>\n

David responded with a string of laughing face emojis, adding: \u201cShe was celebrating inside I promise, her reactions were slightly slower than mine.\u201d <\/p>\n

After the latest defeat, David wrote in Instagram: \u201cHeartbreak for us all but memories that inspire and last forever… Thank you to our team , our fans & our country for what you have given us in this World Cup @england.\u201d Meanwhile, Posh commented with a string a heart emojis. <\/p>\n

Argentina\u2019s team are set to play in the World Cup final on Sunday, taking on Spain at New Jersey\u2019s MetLife Stadium. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":588493,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[268],"tags":[249568,182917,434,27125,249570,17635,18,117,34476,34477,226491,2220,249572,249574,789,19,194883,17,194887,194886,432,249569,4335,383,249571,249573,119,177982,2461,1543,215997],"class_list":["post-588492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-arlington-texas","tag-attending","tag-celebrities","tag-color-image","tag-cowboys-stadium","tag-david-beckham","tag-eire","tag-entertainment","tag-fifa","tag-fifa-world-cup","tag-fifa-world-cup-2026","tag-france","tag-france-national-soccer-team","tag-france-national-team","tag-horizontal","tag-ie","tag-international-team-soccer","tag-ireland","tag-match-sport","tag-national-team","tag-photography","tag-semifinal-round","tag-soccer","tag-spain","tag-spain-national-soccer-team","tag-spain-national-team","tag-sport","tag-stadium","tag-texas","tag-usa","tag-world-sports-championship"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588492","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=588492"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588492\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/588493"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=588492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=588492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=588492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}