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.
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
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.