After lots and lots of surprises, lots of hope, many disappointments and a lot of spectacular football (not so sure about the refereeing though), the world cup is finally coming to an end.  Many have labelled this tournament as the ‘World Cup of Firsts’ or ‘The World Cup of Surprises’, however, one thing is certain….both Spain and Holland deserve to be where they are.

Another phenomenon associated with this world cup is ‘Paul the Octopus’, dubbed as ‘the psychic octopus.’  This English-born octopus, which is found at the Aquarium Sea Life in the western city of Oberhausen, has captured the attention of football fans and non-fans alike, by succeeding in predicting all of Germany’s World Cup results.  His owners simply put muscles or other treats in two different jars in his aquarium, and apart from the treat each jar would also contain the flag of the two teams that will be playing against each other.  Mysteriously, Paul has always chosen the treat from the jar which contained the flag of the winning team of the following match.

So before deciding who to side with on Sunday…..I think I’ll just wait for Paul!!

Good luck to all the Dutch and Spanish reading this article!!!

May the best team win!

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