Tentacle trauma in Oberhausen when Paul the Octopus predicted that Spain would sink Germany in the semi-final. Paul picks a mussel out of one of 2 tanks marked with flags and lowered into his aquarium
Tentative tentacles picked Germany to win over favoured Argentina in their quarter final match. Paul took an hour to predict. Germany took 5 minutes to score the first goal and went on to maul Argentina.
Paul rose to fame when he foresaw Germany's group matches, including a loss to Serbia. He became a celebrity after he successfully predicted that Germany would eliminate England in the round of 16.