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Paul made his debut at the 2008 European Cup and began to predict the result of the German team. In that cup, he successfully predicted the result of Germany's victory over Poland, Austria, Portugal and Turkey. If you think it will only guess that Germany will win, it is wrong, because Paul also successfully predicted Germany's loss to Croatia in the group stage. In that cup, Paul only predicted one wrong game, but it was a very fatal final. At that time, Paul predicted that Germany would win Spain, but the final result was that Spain won the championship with Torres' goal. In this way, Paul Octopus tried his best and achieved a success rate of 83% in the first contest of "career".
Become famous in World War I.
Before the World Cup in South Africa, although fans all over the world except Germany had never heard of Paul the octopus, German fans did not forget it. Before the first battle in Australia, they invited Paul out. Paul immediately chose Germany to beat Australia, and the result was really like this. Later, Paul also successfully predicted the victory or defeat of Germany against Serbia, Ghana and England.
After continuously predicting the first four matches of Germany in the 20 10 World Cup, the world-renowned Squidward Tentacles "Paul" once again predicted that Germany would beat the Argentine team led by Diego Diego Maradona in the strong dialogue of the14 World Cup finals and advance to the semi-finals. As a result, Germany beat Argentina 4-0 and advanced to the semi-finals.
Paul ate mussels in a glass jar representing Germany and predicted that Germany would win. After the game, the sad Argentine said that he would kill the octopus.
When Paul continued his magical prophecy, other octopus involved had been brought to tables in all corners of the world.
After Argentina's fiasco in Germany, a fan section called "Kill Octopus" immediately won the click-through rate of millions of Argentine fans on the Internet. Many angry fans posted posts to vent their dissatisfaction by eating octopus paella. Restaurant owners who seize business opportunities have launched a series of delicious dishes related to octopus. According to Argentine media reports, in just a few days, the sales of octopus paella in Buenos Aires restaurants showed a straight upward trend. With the release of the latest forecast, German fans have also become the potential force for the next wave of octopus to vent their anger. After Bild published Paul's latest prediction, a German fan showed a detailed octopus cooking recipe in an online comment.