More World Cup Appearances than Italy

Shakira has more World Cup appearances (4) than Italy (3) in the past 20 years

This meme consists of a screenshot of a tweet from user Ruby Naylor, followed by a side-by-side image collage. The tweet states that singer Shakira has 4 World Cup appearances, which is more than the Italy men's national football team's 3 appearances over the past 20 years, paired with crying laughing emojis. The left half of the collage shows Shakira smiling happily while holding a microphone above her head, performing at a World Cup event. The right half shows a distressed Italy national team player with both hands on his head, reacting to a negative match outcome, emphasizing the joke at Italy's expense for failing to qualify for multiple recent World Cup tournaments.

The core joke was originally posted as a tweet by user @rubytnaylor on X (formerly Twitter). The meme creator paired the tweet with relevant imagery of Shakira and an Italian football player, then the finished meme was reposted to the Reddit Meme subreddit, from where it was sourced via RSS. The joke relies on public knowledge that the historically successful Italian football team failed to qualify for both the 2018 and 2022 World Cups, leading to their unusually low number of appearances in the 20-year window compared to Shakira, who performed at 4 World Cup ceremonies in that same period.