Psychic octopus backs Spain

 

World Cup phenomenon Paul the octopus has predicted that Spain will beat Holland in Sunday's final.

The psychic cephalopod was presented with two boxes containing mussels at the Sea Life centre in Oberhausen, the Spanish flag on one and the Dutch flag on the other.
After lengthy consideration Paul snaffled the mussel from the tank bearing the Spanish flag.
'Das Krakenorakel' has correctly predicted the winners of each of the six games Germany played at the 2010 World Cup, including their semi-final defeat to Spain which prompted death threats against the English-born oracle.
However, shortly before the main draw he boosted his chances of avoiding the paella pan by tipping Germany to win their third-place play-off against Uruguay on Saturday night.