Despite FIFA\u2019s own rules making it clear half-time breaks should \u2018not exceed 15 minutes,\u2019 it actually lasted close to 27 minutes, much to the annoyance of die-hard football fans.<\/p>\n
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Shakira performs during the Topps Final Halftime Show at the FIFA World Cup 2026 Final. Pic: Lars Baron\/Getty Images<\/p>\n
Shakira joined\u00a0Madonna<\/a>, Justin Bieber, and the Muppets for a Super Bowl-style show at MetLife Stadium<\/a> in\u00a0New Jersey<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n The Colombian singer, 49, looked stunning in a pink and yellow sequined bodysuit to perform her hit Dai Dai with Burna Boy.\u00a0<\/p>\n When asked about what he thought of it, Roy replied: \u2018It was a bit of an anti-climax, but I think the people in the stadium probably enjoyed it more than us. But it\u2019s always nice to see Shakira.\u2019<\/p>\n The comment had his fellow\u00a0ITV<\/a>\u00a0sports pundits,\u00a0Gary Neville\u00a0and Ian Wright, and host Mark Pougatch in stitches.<\/p>\n Ian echoed Roy\u2019s comments as he said: \u2018I felt like maybe he should have been a little bit more upbeat and livened us up a bit. It felt a bit down.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n But Gary said: \u2018I quite enjoyed it. Let\u2019s hope the second half picks up and there\u2019s loads of energy.\u2019<\/p>\n Roy\u2019s comment also stoked a reaction from fans on X, with one posting: \u2018Roy Keane happy to see Shakira. Man of taste I see.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n \u2018Roy Keane spoke for all of us in regards to Shakira. She has still got it.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n \u2018Roy Keane was a big fan of Shakira\u2019 and \u2018 When Roy Keane approves of Shakira too. Those hips don\u2019t lie\u2019.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n Over on the BBC, Wayne Rooney was even less charitable about the performance.<\/p>\n The former United legend, who was working as a pundit alongside Joe Hart and Micah Richards legend was asked by presenter Gabby Logan<\/a> for his highlight moments of the performance. <\/p>\n \u2018I\u2019ll be honest, mine was when it finished,\u2019 he said bluntly.<\/p>\n \u2018I like a lot of them artists, but I thought it was crap,\u2019 he replied.<\/p>\n \u2018It just didn\u2019t get me going, and I wanted the football to come back on. I like\u00a0Burna Boy<\/a>, I like Bieber, I like\u00a0Shakira<\/a>, but that was too flat.\u2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Roy Keane didn\u2019t pull any punches when he was asked about the half-time show at the World Cup…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":559372,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[93,61,60],"class_list":["post-559371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559371","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=559371"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559371\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/559372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=559371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=559371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=559371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Roy-Keane-ITV-World-Cup.jpg\")
Roy Keane didn\u2019t pull any punches when he was asked about the half-time show at the World Cup final on Sunday night. Pic: ITV<\/p>\nShakira performs during the Topps Final Halftime Show at the FIFA World Cup 2026 Final. Pic: Lars Baron\/Getty Images<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Rooney-2.jpg\")
Over on the BBC, Wayne Rooney was even less charitable about the performance. Pic: BBC<\/p>\n