Iniesta congratulates Paul the ‘Psychic’ Octopus
Andres Iniesta has joked about the popularity of Paul the ‘Psychic’ Octopus after helping Spain overcome the Netherlands in the World Cup final.
The midfielder’s late extra-time winner for Spain sunk a sorrowful Dutch team who had a few significant chances to win the match.
The Barcelona star struck with a fine volley deep into the additional half hour to crown Spain as World champions for the first time.
It’s currently unknown whether British-born Paul knew that the winner would not come in the regulation 90 minutes, but if he did he certainly kept quiet about it.
Nevertheless, the Octopus corrected his previous European Championship final mistake by predicting Spain to win this time around to complete a perfect eight out of eight record for the World Cup.
After the game, Iniesta commented on Foxsports: “The Octopus will now be very popular in Spain.”
Paul predicted the only losses of the tournament for both Holland and Germany. His most impressive prediction was arguably his correct call that Serbia would defeat the Germans in the group stages.
Paul’s growing fanbase will be hoping that he is still fed properly now the World Cup is over and could be starting to wonder whether he is any good when it comes to club football
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