SINGER Ellynora has explained what went wrong as she butchered the English national anthem ahead of the win over Italy.
The Italian-American raised eyebrows following her botched rendition of God Save the King.
Fans watching were fuming with the performance, while even some of the England players were looking a bit bemused.
But she has insisted it was not her fault and claimed there was an error with the sound at the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium.
Ellynora told the Daily Mail: “I’m just so angry with what happened because I wanted it to be perfect but what happened wasn’t my fault.
“I’m more of a pop artist but at the ground there was a sound issue.
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“I had rehearsed the anthem twice the day before the match and then on the night three times but when it came to the actual performance, I had a problem with my earpiece.
“I had the music in my ear and then it stopped and started again, and I was hearing it twice, so it meant I was out of sync, and it was hard for me to catch up.
“I really tried my best to solve the problem but there was nothing I could do and I’m so angry about it.
“I was trying to adjust my singing to catch up with the anthem in the stadium, but it was too late.”
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The pop singer also went on to say that she was not paid for the performance and covered the cost to get herself to the game all the way from the United States.
She added: “The whole thing was very last minute, I was in Miami on Saturday for music week when I got a call asking if I could sing the national anthem.
“I said I could because it was such an honour and so caught a plane back to Italy and then drove from Rome to Naples – I funded the whole thing myself and didn’t get a penny for it.
“It cost me more than 3,000 Euros and now this has happened – I’m going to get my manager to write to the organisers to explain how disappointed and angry I was with what happened.”
The 28-year-old has now admitted that she is planning on releasing a recorded version to show fans that she can sing the anthem.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
