In the fall of 2010, a sad event took place in Oberhausen, Germany - the world lost the octopus Paul, the most respected football predictor among animals. At the first football forum on a global scale, held without Paul, the names of new oracles in the animal kingdom were announced. Among them is our compatriot. Zhora the Cat from St. Petersburg is today the most successful figure among our smaller brothers, predicting the results of Euro 2012.
After the end of the group stage of the final part of the European Championship, the St. Petersburg cat Zhora became the leader of the unofficial competition of animal predictors, who devoted their attention to this tournament. The handsome black man managed to correctly determine more than half of the outcomes of the matches - 14 out of 24. Ukrainian competitors - the ferret Fred from Kharkov and the capital boar Funtik - somewhat lost their objectivity of vision of the future, succumbing to patriotic feelings. Both predicted the victory of the Zhovto-Blakidnykh over the British, which, alas, did not happen. At the same time, both absolutely accurately determined the outcome of the other game of the day (Sweden-France). As a result, they had 12 (Fred) and 11 (Funtik) accurate predictions.
The cat Zhora passed the quarterfinal stage of Euro 2012 just brilliantly, unmistakably choosing bowls of food, marked with the national flags of the future winners. For four days in a row, the tailed Petersburger paid increased attention to the national symbols of the winning team of the match, which had yet to take place. A meal dedicated to the national teams of Portugal, Germany, Spain and Italy earned the favor of the follower of the octopus Paul.
In the first of the semi-finals, two football giants fought for the continuation of the campaign to the European champions - the Spanish national team, the current world champion, and the team that the Spaniards blocked their way at the last World Cup - Portugal. The fans believed that the game would be rather boring, and they were not mistaken - they did not see goals in 90 minutes of regular time and added half an hour. But the cat Zhora approaches the matter exclusively professionally - he does not care about beauty, only the result is important. The four-legged winner of this pair appointed the Spaniards, and the overwhelming majority of football experts agreed with him in advance. "Red Fury" justified the confidence of Zhora and everyone who joined him, defeating the Portuguese in a penalty shootout.
