In the early morning of July 8th, Beijing time, the second game of the South African World Cup semi-finals was played between Spain and three-time World Cup champion Germany. In the end, with the header of central defender Puyol, the Spanish team defeated Germany 1-0 and reached the World Cup final for the first time in history.

Before this battle, Paul the Octopus from the Oberhausen Aquarium in Germany had successfully predicted the outcome of the German team's victory over Australia, a small loss to Serbia, a victory over Ghana, a huge victory over England and Argentina, 5 All predictions were correct, maintaining the same 100% hit rate after 5 games as in the 2008 European Cup.

Before the semi-finals, the Germans couldn't wait to ask Paul the Octopus to predict again, but this time Paul predicted that Spain would win. This made many German fans very depressed. Since Octopus Paul's previous prediction success rate was extremely high, as high as 91, many German fans were disappointed and even threatened to kill Paul and make him a stew.

However, Octopus Paul's previous predicted hit rate was not 100%, and he also made mistakes sometimes, which is what German fans want to see. In the 2008 European Cup, Paul successfully predicted the outcome of the German team's victory over Poland, Austria, Portugal and Turkey, as well as its loss to Croatia. In that cup, Paul predicted only one game wrong, and that was the European Cup final. At that time, Paul predicted that Germany would win the championship against Spain, but the final result was: Spain relied on Torres' goal to defeat Germany and win the championship.

After this campaign, Octopus Paul, who debuted for two years, predicted correctly 11 times out of 12 times in the 2008 European Cup and the 2010 World Cup, and his success rate soared to 92, which can be called an out-and-out success. "Octopus Emperor". However, what is interesting is that all 12 games of the German team predicted by Octopus Paul ended up with a winner, and none of them was a draw, which also improved Paul's prediction success rate to a certain extent.

Octopus Paul predicts the result of the game:

2008 European Cup: 5 out of 6 times; prediction success rate: 83

Prediction of the result of Germany's victory over Poland in the first game of the group stage ：Germany will win 2-0

The second match of the group stage is predicted to result in Germany losing to Croatia: Germany will lose 1-2

The final match of the group stage is predicted to result in Germany beating Austria: Germany will win 1-0

Prediction of the outcome of Germany's victory over Portugal in the quarter-finals: Germany will win 3-2

Prediction of the outcome of Germany's victory over Turkey in the semi-finals: Germany's victory 3-2

Final Prediction of the outcome of Germany's victory over Spain: Germany loses 0-1

2010 World Cup: 6 hits; Prediction success rate so far: 100

Prediction of the outcome of Germany's victory over Australia in the first game of the group stage: Germany 4-0 win

Prediction of the result of Germany losing to Serbia in the second game of the group stage: Germany losing 0-1

Prediction of the result of Germany beating Ghana in the final game of the group stage: Germany winning 1-0

Prediction of the outcome of Germany's victory over England in the 1/8 finals: Germany will win 4-1

Prediction of the outcome of Germany's victory over Argentina in the quarter-finals: Germany's victory 4-0

Half Prediction of the result of Germany losing to Spain in the final: Germany losing 0-1