Paul predicts wins for Spain and Germany

Paul the oracle octopus predicted on Friday that Spain will win against the Netherlands in the FIFA World Cup final.


Express July 09, 2010

OBERHAUSEN: Paul the oracle octopus predicted on Friday that Spain will win against the Netherlands in the FIFA World Cup final.

It has also predicted a Germany win over Uruguay for a third-place play-off on Saturday.

The octopus that has become a World Cup sensation by correctly predicting all six Germany games, plumped for his country of residence, live on national television.

The two-year-old mollusc medium then predicted the result of the final between Spain and the Netherlands.

Football predicting has become a dangerous job for the English-born Paul however with some bitter German fans threatening to turn him into sushi after he correctly predicted a semi-final defeat for them.

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