If we talk about the World Cup in South Africa, many people will think of Yang Yang leading the Chinese team to qualify from the group, some will think of Iniesta's final goal in the Spanish final, and some will even remember Argentina, where Germany beat Maradona's four goals...

But there is a name that no matter whether it is a fan or a non-fan, you will definitely not feel strange.

Octopus Paul.

I'm afraid no one can imagine that in the South Africa World Cup, the most popular one was a big octopus living in the Aquarium of Oberhausen, Germany, with its full name Paul Allen.

How hot is it?

During the popularity period, aquarium in Spain offered a sky-high transfer fee of up to 30,000 euros for octopus Paul, which created the highest transfer price in the world of octopus, almost 30,000 times higher than other octopus.

Even based on the plans outlined by the local parliament in Spain, they intend to make the octopus Paul the representative of the city and use its reputation to promote the development of tourism throughout the region.

The Octopus Paul is famous all over the world, driving the hot sales of surrounding products, and even made the Oberhausen Aquarium where it lives worldwide, becoming a must-visit spot for countless tourists after arriving in Germany, and a money tree for the aquarium.

In August after the World Cup, the British were born in the UK as Octopus Paul, although he had German nationality, and also had British nationality. Therefore, he strongly recommended Octopus Paul as the bid ambassador for England's 2018 World Cup.

Unfortunately, on the evening of October 25, Octopus Paul died at the Aquarium of Oberhausen at the age of two and a half, but finally failed to last until December. At the end of December, after England failed to bid for the 2018 World Cup, many people believed that it was because of the unfortunate death of the bid ambassador.

Looking at the Octopus Paul's record, in the European Cup 2008 and World Cup 2012, Paul predicted that the success rate of the game was as high as 92.85%, and the record was a brilliant and undeniable Octopus Emperor.

After the death of Paul Octopus, octopus emperors emerged one after another around the world, and various "Paul II" emerged with the trend.

There are also two octopus emperors living in the Benadana Aquarium in Madrid, Spain, and are unanimously popular among Madrid and Spanish fans. The media often published the prediction results of the two octopus emperors in newspapers before.

Interestingly, the aquarium staff gave each of the two octopuses a very eye-catching name.

The Mediterranean octopus weighing 1.5 kg is called Iniesta because the staff named is a fan of Barcelona's core novice fans.

The Pacific Octopus weighing up to 16 kilograms was named Igor, which is the name of Real Madrid captain and goalkeeper Casillas. Needless to say, this staff member must also be a Real Madrid fan.

Both of these octopuses are of great origin and have a high prediction success rate. Before every major game, the Benadana Aquarium will attract a large number of fans and media to pay attention to the predictions of the two octopus emperors.

This time is no exception.

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Before the 32nd round of La Liga, a large number of fans and media gathered in the aquarium, and everyone was waiting for the prediction of the two octopus emperors.

Like Paul's prediction, there is a special aquarium in the aquarium. Two transparent glass test tubes are placed in the test tubes. The team logos against the two teams are placed. After the prediction begins, the staff put the octopus into the box and let it climb onto which test tube after swimming for a while means who will win.

In the 32nd round, La Liga will usher in the second century derby of the season, and will then usher in the final of the Copa del Rey.

Two matches are one before and one after the other, the previous match is undoubtedly crucial, and this is related to the La Liga championship this season.

Only when Real Madrid wins Barcelona at home and successfully shortens the five-point gap to two points will they have a chance to reverse their opponents.

Therefore, everyone is looking forward to this showdown and is very concerned about who can win?

The prediction results of Octopus Emperor are surprising.

After a while of cruising, "Iniesta" blatantly climbed onto a glass test tube with the Barcelona label written on it, which means that this Barcelona fan octopus is very optimistic about Barcelona's victory.

Afterwards, Real Madrid fan Octopus "Igor" was also put into the aquarium, but after a difficult choice, it did not choose either party. It seemed unwilling to make a choice, and it was a bit suspicious of abstention.

Most of the Real Madrid fans were there, and they all sighed.

The Octopus Emperor's prediction cast a shadow on the hearts of Real Madrid fans present. Could it be that Real Madrid will really lose to Barcelona at home and lose this season's La Liga title battle?

A careful analysis is not impossible.

The gap of up to five points forced Real Madrid to bear heavy pressure and burden. The team must win the opponent at home, so they must choose to attack decisively, but this undoubtedly hit Barcelona's thoughts.

Everyone knows very well that in the first century derby last season, one of the very important reasons why Real Madrid was able to beat Barcelona in five goals at the Camp Nou was that Real Madrid led the lead with points and left all the pressure to Barcelona.

But now, the situation has reversed, Real Madrid is now behind, and the league has entered the final stage, and the time left for Real Madrid is getting less and less. In this case, who dares to say that Real Madrid will not take a risk?

If you are facing other teams, Real Madrid fans will definitely be full of confidence. But when facing Barcelona, ​​especially Barcelona, ​​which has reached its peak in its pass and ball control style this season, can Real Madrid have a chance of winning if they take the initiative to attack?

Now, the Octopus Emperor's prediction makes Real Madrid lose one game before the battle, and also makes fans even more worried.

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Yang Yang saw the predictions of two octopus emperors in the newspaper during dinner the next morning.

He snorted and almost burst into laughter.

"Eat it just by eating, why do you laugh like this?" my mother sat opposite her and asked with some complaint.

Yang Yang smiled and shook his head. Su Ye, who was sitting beside him, took the opportunity to come over and followed Yang Yang's fingers. After seeing the news, she also laughed. She felt that this kind of thing was quite interesting.

"Octopus Paul has been popularized so many times, but so many people believe it." Yang Yang felt incomprehensible.

Su Ye understood this phenomenon, "It was mainly boring, just to participate in it as an interesting thing, but this shows that it can attract so many people to visit the Octopus Emperor in the aquarium, and the Century War is attracting the attention of the whole world."

Yang Yang nodded. Real Madrid and Barcelona are the two strongest teams in the world today, and the Century Derby is also the most attractive football match in the world. Since both sides are full of superstars, the attractiveness of this event is not less than that of other games.

"By the way, what is your team going to play this game? Do you have confidence within it?" Su Ye asked with concern.

The game is tomorrow night, and Yang Yang will stay in a hotel with the team tonight, which is also the tradition of the night before Real Madrid's game.

"I don't know." Yang Yang shook his head, "The team's current internal atmosphere is very good and they are full of confidence in the game, but no one knows what Benitez is thinking. He has talked to me in private, nor has he revealed his words."

This is also a habit of Benitez.

It’s not that he can’t trust the players, but because he has suffered losses and learned lessons.

He believes that if the player knows in advance, once he is interviewed by the media before the game or communicates with friends, he often reveals some information without realizing it.

Every team will collect all kinds of information before the game, because this is a war, and intelligence is always the most important means to win a war. Once some whimsy is revealed, even if outsiders seem to be completely out of touch, the team's secrets may be leaked under the spy and excavation of the opponent.

It is a very terrible thing to be able to understand the tactics by the opponent before the game.

Therefore, since Liverpool, Yang Yang has been accustomed to Benitez's elusiveness. Espanyol almost never reveals tactics before the game. He chooses to tell everyone what he thinks before the team warms up and returns to the locker room and prepares to play.

During this period, Real Madrid has been practicing two different styles of play, one is a double midfielder and the other is a three midfielder.

Kaka has been in good shape recently. If he adopts a double midfielder tactic, he probably will be there, but if he uses a three-middle midfielder, he has to see how Benitez arranged it.

When he thought of Kaka, Yang Yang was concerned about the birth of Kaka's daughter.

Yang Yang and Kaka are neighbors. In the past two years, Su Ye and Caroline have also had a very close relationship. They are about the same age and naturally have a very good relationship. Especially recently, they are both pregnant women and often exchange experiences together.

Caroline has given birth to a three-year-old son, and she is more experienced in this area.

It was learned from Su Ye that Kaka's daughter should have been born at the end of April, but no one knows when it is exactly. The only thing that can be confirmed is that Kaka should be playing with the team at that time.

"Originally, Caroline planned to go back to Brazil. They had even selected a hospital before, but after accompanying me to the prenatal examination at Lamorareja Hospital, she thought it was very good, so she chose to stay in Spain. Kaka's parents have also come to Madrid to take care of her intimately."

Previously, Kaka hired an experienced obstetrics escort through Yang Yang, and I believe there should be no big problem.

Yang Yang knew very well that Kaka had a lot of motivation recently and his performance on the court was getting better and better, showing a very good momentum. If he could continue to develop in this direction, I believe that the Brazilians can successfully transform and continue their careers.

Of course, he definitely can't become the chasing boy who ran on the European arena back then.

Kaka is now twenty-nine years old. Not to mention returning to the peak, even if he recovers his condition, it will be difficult for him to last for a long time. No one knows how it will develop in the future.

But as a friend, Yang Yang asked himself that he had done everything he could do.

Sometimes, there are some things that really don’t believe in life.

Yang Yang even wondered whether he would be like Kaka in the future?
Chapter completed!