German football predicting octopus Paul has forecast that Spain will win the World Cup on Sunday while he expects his home nation to take third place.
German football predicting octopus Paul has forecast that Spain will win the World Cup on Sunday while he expects his home nation to take third place.
Spain face the Netherlands in the final on Sunday, while Germany will play Uruguay in the 3rd/4th place play-off on Saturday.
Paul, who was born in England in 2008, has thus far only predicted matches involving Germany but he has been induced to select a team for the final by his keepers at the Sea Life Aquarium in Oberhausen.
He has picked the correct team in every match involving Germany so far in this World Cup, including their defeat to Serbia in the Group Stages.
He also predicted that they would lose to Spain in the semi-final.
That prediction prompted angry Germans to make death threats against him and he has since been offered protection by several Spanish politicians including Prime Minister Jose Zapatero.
Paul's method involves selecting food from one of two containers with the flag of the nations involved draped within them. His prediction record to date is 10 correct selections and two - both in Euro 2008 - incorrect.
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