Opening game

And the World Cup begins... Russia won against Saudi Arabia, as predicted by Achilles, the deaf cat, and Cabeça de Macaco. In total, 84 bets, including that of the Macaco predicted that Russia would win and that Saudi Arabia would score zero goals. They are now all placed in first place in our current standings. See here.

Achilles, the deaf cat, is preparing for the next prediction

Let's see how Achilles fares as the competition progresses. Be careful Achilles! Don't expose your heel or the Macaco is going to randomly throw bananas at it and outpredict you.

Paul the Octopus

Belgium 2 - Algeria 1; Brazil 0 - Mexico 0; Russia 1 - Korea 1. An inspired Mexican goalkeeper... However, the story of the day was that Google resuscitated Paul the Octopus as a Google doodle.

Paul the Octopus: Am I Feeling Lucky?

Of course, an octopus is no match for a macaco. While Paul was still submerged in doubts, scratching his head, and trying to figure out the Brazil-Mexico game, Cabeça de Macaco had correctly predicted the tie and was climbing up the rankings table.

Too bad Cabeça de Macaco missed the other two games and ended up 131th. Meanwhile, Serginho Matos continues at 1st place, with exactly 100 points. Renata Maria Gasparini moved up to 2nd and Julián to 3rd. The complete standings are here.