"It was a silver palace" … Advance of the Japanese octopus in the 16th round

Octopus of Japan 'Rubio & # 39; (Right) [유튜브 캡처, 중앙포토]

It has been reported that the octopus "Rubio", famous for predicting the propaganda of Japanese football, has been sold as a sushi bar.

The British BBC reports on Oct. 4 that the octopus "Rubio" has been sold as a food ingredient to the results of the group stage of Japan's national football team that competed in the finals of the World Cup in 2018.

According to reports, fishermen Abe Gimio (51), who caught Rubio, won the Rubio at the opening ceremony of the 2018 World Cup in Russia.

Rubio chose to win in Group H against Colombia in the first leg, in a draw in the second leg against Senegal, and in defeat in the third leg against Poland.

In fact, Japan won 2-1 in Colombia, 2-2 in Senegal and 0-1 in Poland.

After the first two games, it was announced that Rubio's prophecy was right, so the interest of Japanese football fans was raised.

Abe, however, sold Rubio prematurely to the market before the third stage of Japan was over with a defeat.

The BBC explained that Abe was to sell Rubio as food for his livelihood rather than for Rubio's popularity.

Instead, Abe added another octopus to take Rubio's place.

However, according to Japanese Mainichi Shimbun, another octopus, Rubio Junior, would have failed to score the victory of Japan in the last 16 rounds.

On the other hand, there was an octopus like Rubio who showed his talent.

At the 2010 South African competitions, the octopus "foul" was called a fortuneteller, exactly matching the results of the six matches.

Unlike Rubio, Paul spent a quiet time at the Sea Life Center in Oberhausen, Germany, but died two years later.

Reprinted by Lee Min-jung [email protected]