Uruguay have claimed that their hotel beds were crawling with termites ahead of their upcoming World Cup match against England.
With their nerves already been put to test by injury to ace striker Luis Suarez ahead of their match against England, and the custom officers confiscating their favourite food treat as they flew into Brazil, Uruguay's World Cup 'jinx' reportedly continues with the termite invasion now.
According to The Mirror, police are allegedly probing suspected sabotage after Uruguay's players claimed sabotage for being woken in the middle of the night by termites crawling in their bedsheets.
Uruguayan goalkeeper Fernando Muslera even tweeted a picture of the insects, thinking that they were ants, but officers in the northeastern state of Ceara confirmed that they were termites.
Media reports quoted an unnamed police source saying the team checked the rooms in search of bombs and chemical and nuclear weapons, adding that afterwards they were sealed off by hotel workers and handed over to FIFA and it is impossible that these men did not see the swarm.
Muslera, who was sharing a room with fellow goalie Rodrigo Munoz, tweeted at the time that it had been a comical situation and he couldn't believe how many insects there were, adding that they called reception and they changed the bedsheets so they could sleep peacefully.