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In 2008, an ordinary octopus born in the United Kingdom was given to the Oberhausen Oceanarium in Germany, and the keeper in charge of raising the octopus named the little octopus with one of his favorite poems "Paul the Octopus", and the octopus named Paul also began his legendary life.
Try your skills and make your mark
After the start of the 2008 European Championship, the Germans who love football turned on the football carnival mode, wanted to rub a wave of popularity of the Oberhausen Oceanarium, and decided to let Paul guess the victory or defeat of each game to attract a wave of popularity for the aquarium.
The general method is that before each game, the aquarium will prepare two tanks with national flags, both of which will hold Paul's favorite mussels, and Paul will drill into that box, and that country will win.
At first, everyone thought it was just an eye-catching joke, but Paul's performance shocked everyone and successfully predicted 4 of the 6 games.
But in this tournament, Paul's performance is not very good, especially when he meets Germany, Paul will brainlessly get into the water tank with the German flag, resulting in no prediction of successful Germany vs Croatia and Germany vs Spain.
In all eight games, South Africa was canonized
After the grind of the last competition, Paul's performance is more mature. After the start of the World Cup in South Africa, Paul successfully predicted three group games in Germany, and many fans began to recognize the little octopus, but there were still many people who questioned Paul's prediction. I think Paul chose Germany simply because he liked the colors of the German flag.
In the midst of doubts, Paul ushered in the biggest challenge of his career - the game between Germany and England, on the one hand his birthplace and his place of residence on the other, Paul showed hesitation in this prediction, and after a long decision, Paul made the final decision and chose Germany to win. In the games that followed, Frank Lampard's goal line was wronged, Germany won a difficult victory over England, and Paul proved himself once again.
Then, in the match between Germany and Argentina, Paul again predicted success, and Germany defeated Argentina. Before the World Cup semi-finals, Germany's match against Spain, confident German fans thought Paul would definitely pick Germany again. Unexpectedly, this time Paul's choice was Spain, and the Germans who learned the news were very dissatisfied and even threatened to fry Paul. But in the end, Paul turned out to be right.
After Germany was out, Paul successfully predicted the outcome of the three or four finals, and in the final prediction, he did not hesitate to choose Spain, with a brilliant record of eight wins and eight wins, establishing himself as a prophet in one fell swoop.
After this World Cup, Paul became the most famous mollusk on the planet, and at the celebration party in Spain, the little white Iniesta held up Paul's doll to thank Paul for his love for Spain. It also appeared on the cover of Time magazine and was placed in the most prominent place of the Oberhausen Oceanarium for its fans to see the dignity.
One Paul fell, and thousands of Paul stood up
On October 26, 2010, Paul died in his sleep, and the aquarium built a statue in honor of this amazing octopus. There are different opinions about Paul's death, but no matter how people speculate, Paul's legendary experience has become a piece of World Cup history.
After Paul's death, every subsequent competition will produce a variety of new "Paul", but none of them have reproduced Paul's glory, making Paul the uncrowned king of animal prophecy.