World Cup fans seek photos and some luck at Philadelphia's Rocky statue

(22 Jun 2026) RESTRICTION SUMMARY: PART MUST CREDIT PHILLYCHITCHAT ASSOCIATED PRESS Philadelphia – 22 June 2026 1. Wide and and tilt of of a France fan posing in front of the Rocky statue 2. SOUNDBITE (English) Wissam Allyss, Iraq fan: “The Rocky, everyone, we have a nice memory. When I was a kid, I watched a movie, you know the Rocky Balboa, the dream like, when you are nothing, you will be something.” 3. Wide of people lining on the steps to take photos with Rocky 4. Wide and tilt down of Allyss taking photo of the statue 5. SOUNDBITE (English) Wissam Allyss, Iraq fan: “Yeah I would put the jersey of France on the statue for I wish him to lose against us, so maybe we get happiness in my country.” 6. Mid of a man taking photo of the statue 7. Wide of people on the steps waiting to take photo with the statue 8. SOUNDBITE (English) Andre Scott, Philadelphia resident: “I was born and raised here. I visited this place with my grandparents and we used to come to see the statue, the Rocky statue. It's part of Philadelphia culture and yeah, once the teams come, new fans they love to come visit this location. Sometimes they make a mistake and put that team jersey on top of the statue but that's not a good idea because it's kind of like bad luck.” 9. Wide and tilt down of the Rocky statue 10. Mid of French fans posing next to the statue 11. SOUNDBITE (English) Andre Scott, Philadelphia resident: “As a Philadelphian, people here do believe that it is a curse. We're kind of superstitious here, and it has happened. We have seen opposing teams show up, put their jersey on, and end up losing.” 12. Wide and pan right to left of the top of the Rocky statue 13. Mid of the description of the statue 14. SOUNDBITE (English) Andre Scott, Philadelphia Resident: “The last one, my family and I came out here, Ecuador was playing. Ecuador put their jersey on Rocky, and they ended up losing the game. Then we came back here to see when Brazil came, and Brazil actually had security around it to make sure that nobody from Brazil put the jersey on the statue, which was quite interesting.” VALIDATED UGC - MUST CREDIT PHILLYCHITCHAT USER GENERATED CONTENT: This video has been authenticated by AP based on the following validation checks: ++Video and audio (and stills) content checked by regional experts against known locations and events ++Video is consistent with independent AP reporting ++Video cleared for use by all AP clients by content creator PhillyChitchat ++Mandatory on-screen credit PhillyChitchat Philadelphia – 13 June 2026 15. Various of Ecuador fans gathering around the Rocky statue wearing jersey ASSOCIATED PRESS Philadelphia – 22 June 2026 16. Mid of Scott’s hands showing photos on his phone of people barricading the statue 17. SOUNDBITE (English) Jean Lucas Rodrigues, Brazilian fan: “So I saw some Brazilians putting the Argentina jersey on the statue so I hope it works and Argentina don't win the World Cup again.” 18. Mid of a man holding his phone to take photos of someone posing next to the statue 19. Wide of the Rocky statue as people stand around it 20. Mid of French fans posing next to the Rocky statue 21. SOUNDBITE (English) Peter Knowlton, French fan: “So I've seen videos online of fans from Iraq that were putting the French jersey on the Rocky statue recently. I've seen a lot of fans gathering around the statue as well trying to put the other team's jersey on.” 22. Tilt down of the Rocky statue 23. Close of people putting their feet on the Rocky footprint 24. Wide of people taking photos of the Rocky footprint 27. Wide of Allyss walking next to the statue Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...