Belgia voittaa Italian. Mamma mia! Geplaatst door Ennustajakurkku op Maandag 13 juni 2016

Remember Paul the Octopus?

Back in the days of the 2010 World Cup, the undersea oracle was the go-to fortune teller to figure out how the matches would play out.

Six years on, things have changed. Paul is gone; he died in his tank in Germany just months after the tournament ended. His work was done.

But in the void he left behind, people have found a new football match prophet.


The octopus is dead – long live the cucumber.

Näin ilmoitin. Geplaatst door Ennustajakurkku op Woensdag 15 juni 2016

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The Finnish fruit (not a vegetable, come on) named Ennustajakurkku has amazed people with its power.



England vs Wales Euro match could be terror attack targetAfter each match it posts a deadpan ‘Näin ilmoitin,’ translated as ‘I announced this’.

Its method is similar to Spin the Bottle, pointing to whichever team it senses will be victorious. How closely it lands to the team name decides how decisive the win will be.

So far successful calls include Russia/Slovakia, Romania/Switzerland and Spain/Czech Republic.

However, it has had some hiccups.

After it wrongly backed Ireland over Sweden, it said the revelations of fortune are not always easy to discern: ‘I foresaw two Ireland goals, but my interpreters didn’t understand that one was going into their own net.’ (Defender Ciaran Clark scored an own goal in the second-half.)

More than 1,000 disciples are following on Facebook.

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