Spain, however, played extremely well in defeating Germany in the semi-finals. What's more, Paul the Octopus, who had shown a perfect record of predictions at the World Cup, picked a Spanish victory. Consequently, victory for Spain ended up trading at NT $ 67.8, whereas victory for the Netherlands ended up trading at only NT $ 32. Paul and the Xfuture masses ended up on the same victorious side.
不過在四強賽中，德國表現不佳，反而是西班牙踢出亮眼成績，再加上有神算「章魚哥」背書，價格終於一路「暴衝」，截至冠亞軍決賽前的收盤價已高達 67.8 元，但荷蘭僅 32 元，顯示多數玩家此時已與「章魚哥」有志一同。