super storm

Chapter 918
If you talk about the World Cup in South Africa, many people will think of Yang Yang leading the Chinese team to qualify from the group stage, some people will think of Iniesta's lore goal in the Spanish final, and some people will remember Germany's four-goal victory over Maradona's Argentina...

But there is one name that is sure to be familiar to fans and non-fans alike.

Octopus Paul.

I am afraid that no one can imagine that the most popular in the World Cup in South Africa is actually a big octopus living in Oberhausen Aquarium in Germany, whose full name is Paul Allen.

How hot is it?
During the popular period, there was an aquarium in Spain that offered a sky-high transfer fee of [-] euros for the octopus Paul, which created the highest transfer price in the history of the octopus world, almost [-] times higher than other octopuses.

There are even plans sketched out by the local Spanish council to make Paul the Octopus the city's representative, using its fame to boost tourism across the region.

Paul the Octopus is famous all over the world, driving the sales of peripheral products, and even the Oberhausen Aquarium where he lives is famous all over the world. It has become a must-see attraction for countless tourists when they arrive in Germany, and has become a cash cow for the aquarium.

In August after the World Cup, the British believed that although Paul the Octopus had German nationality, he was born in the UK and also had British nationality, so he strongly promoted Paul the Octopus as England's ambassador for the [-] World Cup.

But unfortunately, on the evening of October 25, Paul the octopus passed away at the Oberhausen Aquarium at the age of two and a half. Finally, he could not survive until December, so that at the end of December, after England's bid to host the [-] World Cup failed, many people believed that it was because of the unfortunate death of the bid ambassador.

Looking at the record of Paul the Octopus, in the European Cup in 90.00 and the World Cup in [-], Paul predicted that the success rate of the game was as high as [-]% [-].

After Paul the octopus passed away, octopus emperors emerged one after another all over the world, and all kinds of "Paul II" followed the trend.

In the Benalmadena Aquarium in Madrid, Spain, there are also two octopus emperors, which have been unanimously praised by fans in Madrid and Spain. Even before, the media often published the prediction results of the two octopus emperors in newspapers.

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

The Mediterranean octopus weighing [-] kilograms is called Iniesta, because the staff who named it are fans of Barcelona's core Xiaobai.

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

These two octopuses are not small, and the prediction success rate is also very high. Before every major competition, the Benalmadena Aquarium will attract a large number of fans and media to gather to pay attention to the predictions of the two octopuses.

This time is no exception.

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Before the second round of La Liga No.30, a large number of fans and media gathered in the aquarium, and everyone was waiting for the prediction results of the two octopus kings.

Just like Paul the octopus predicted, there is a special aquarium in the aquarium. Two transparent glass test tubes are placed in the box. Inside the test tubes are placed the team emblems of the two teams.

In the second round of No.30, La Liga will usher in the second Century Derby of the season, followed by the Copa del Rey final.

The two matchups are one after the other, the previous one is undoubtedly crucial, and it is related to the ownership of the La Liga championship this season.

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

Therefore, everyone is looking forward to this duel very much, and they are also very concerned about who will win?

Octopus Emperor's prediction results are surprising.

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

And then, the Real Madrid fan octopus "Igor" was also put into the aquarium, but after a difficult choice, it did not choose any side. It seemed that it was unwilling to make a choice, and it was a bit suspected of abstaining.

There were mostly Real Madrid fans at the scene, and they all sighed.

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

Careful analysis is not impossible.

The gap of up to five points forced Real Madrid to bear heavy pressure and burdens. The team had to win the opponent at home, so it was bound to choose to attack decisively, but this undoubtedly played into the hands of Barcelona.

Everyone knows very well that in the first derby of the century last season, a very important reason why Real Madrid was able to beat Barcelona with five goals at Camp Nou was that Real Madrid took the lead in 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. Under such circumstances, who dares to say that Real Madrid will not take a risk?

If it is facing other teams, Real Madrid fans must be full of confidence, but facing Barcelona, ​​especially Barcelona, ​​which has reached its peak in passing and possession this season, can Real Madrid take the initiative to have a chance of winning?
Today, Emperor Octopus's prediction made Real Madrid lose a game without a fight, and it also made fans even more worried.

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Yang Yang read the predictions of the two octopus emperors from the newspaper when he was having dinner the next morning.

He snorted straight away, almost bursting out laughing.

"Eat as soon as you eat, why do you laugh like this?" Sitting across from her mother, she asked with some complaints.

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

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

Su Ye understood this phenomenon, "It's mainly boring, and it's purely an interesting thing to participate in, but it can be seen that it can attract so many people to the aquarium to watch the Octopus Emperor, and the World War is attracting the attention of the whole world."

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

"By the way, how does your team plan to play this game? Is there any confidence inside?" 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 the Real Madrid game.

"I don't know." Yang Yang shook his head. "The current internal atmosphere of the team is very good, and they are full of confidence in the game, but no one knows what Benitez is thinking in his heart. He talked with me in private, and he didn't reveal it."

This is also a habit of Benitez.

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

He believes that if players know in advance, once they are interviewed by the media before the game or communicate with friends, they will often reveal some information unconsciously.

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 a little word is revealed, even if it seems impossible to outsiders, the team's secrets may be leaked under the opponent's spying and digging.

It is a very scary thing to be figured out by the opponent before the game.

Therefore, starting from Liverpool, Yang Yang has become accustomed to the elusiveness of Benitez. The Spaniard almost never reveals his tactics before the game. He prefers to tell everyone his thoughts before the team warms up and returns to the locker room before they are ready to play.

And during this period of time, Real Madrid has been practicing two different styles of play, one is a double midfielder and the other is a triple midfielder.

Kaka's recent state is quite good. If the double midfielder tactics are adopted, he will probably play, but if the three midfielders are used, it depends on how Benitez arranges them.

As soon as he thought of Kaka, Yang Yang became 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. The two are of the same age, so the relationship is naturally very good. Especially recently, they are both pregnant women, and they often exchange ideas together.

Caroline already had a three-year-old son and was more experienced in this area.

I learned from Su Ye that Kaka's daughter should have been born at the end of April, but no one knew exactly when. The only thing that was certain was that Kaka was supposed to be playing with the team at that time.

"Caroline originally planned to go back to Brazil. They had even chosen a hospital before, but after she accompanied me to La Moraleja Hospital for antenatal examination, 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 personally."

Kaka hired an experienced obstetrical escort through Yang Yang before, so I believe it should not be a big problem.

Yang Yang is very clear that Kaka has been very motivated recently, and his performance on the court is getting better and better, showing a very good momentum. If he can continue to develop in this direction, I believe that the Brazilian can successfully transform and continue his career.

Of course, he will definitely not be able to become the chasing boy who galloped the European arena back then.

Now Kaka is 29 years old, not to mention returning to the top, even if he regains his form, it may be difficult for him to last for a long time, and no one knows how he will develop in the future.

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

Sometimes, there are some things that really don't work if you don't believe in fate.

Yang Yang even thought to himself, would he be like Kaka in the future?
Or, how to avoid being like Kaka?
(End of this chapter)