As in other times the famous Octopus Paul became famous with the predictions of the Euro 2008 and the 2010 World Cup. Now a small otter from the Maxell Aqua Park in Shingawa, an aquarium in the Japanese capital, is the new star of Qatar 2022, this after having deposited a ball in a glass with the flag of Japan, and leaving the other two empty: one with a German flag and another with the word “tie” written in Japanese.
The Japanese Sankei published the funny sequence a day before the game, but after a few hours Social networks were flooded with videos of the adorable World Cup mascot anticipating a result that no one expected.
This uncertain decision made by the otter resulted in a prediction ended up being correctsince the result of the Japanese team clearly prevailed over the Central European team and surprised everyone with the historic 2-1 victory in their Group E debut.
Although it has only been a known fact, surely the otter will appear with his predictions for the following World Cup matches.